CP giving 3.11 percent ahead of 2013 pace

NASHVILLE — Year-to-date contributions through the Southern Baptist Convention’s portion of the Cooperative Program (CP) are 3.11 percent ahead of the same time frame at the end of 2013 and 3.84 percent under the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) CP Allocation Budget projection for the year, said Chief Executive Officer Frank S. Page.

The SBC allocation budget is distributed as follows: 50.41 percent to support more than 4,800 overseas personnel with the International Mission Board, 22.79 percent to help fuel North American evangelism and church planting through the North American Mission Board, 22.16 percent to help underwrite low-cost ministerial preparation and theological education through six SBC seminaries, 2.99 percent to the SBC operating budget and 1.65 percent to promote biblical morality and religious freedom through the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission.