NASHVILLE — Contributions through the Southern Baptist Convention’s (SBC) Cooperative Program (CP) for June 2006 were $17,182,506.07. This is 36.86 percent, or $4,627,305.54, above the $12,555,200.53 received in June 2005, according to a news release from SBC Executive Committee President and Chief Executive Officer Morris H. Chapman. Year-to-date contributions are 4.31 percent above the same timeframe in 2005.
As of June 30, 2006, the year-to-date total of $151,274,474.46 for CP Missions is $6,257,350.56 above the $145,017,123.90 received at the same point in 2005.
Southern Baptists’ designated giving of $172,936,738.13 for year-to-date is 1.19 percent, or $2,038,720.70, above gifts of $170,898,017.43 received at this point last year. The $25,155,142.47 in designated gifts received in June 2006 is $11,615,755.58 above the $13,539,386.89 received in June 2005, an increase of 85.79 percent.
Contributions to the Annie Armstrong Easter Offering fueled the upsurge in designated gifts with receipts of $21,760,758.73 for the month, compared to the $11,698,464.18 received in May.
Year-to-date giving to the offering reached $45,007,315.83, exceeding by $1,305,514.18, or 2.99 percent, the $43,701,801.65 received at the same point last year.
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