NASHVILLE — Year-to-date contributions to Southern Baptist national and international missions and ministries received by the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) Executive Committee are $174,983,253.81, or 2.63 percent above the year-to-date budgeted goal, and 0.29 percent ahead of contributions received during the same time frame last year, according to a news release from SBC Executive Committee President and Chief Executive Officer Frank S. Page. The total includes receipts from state conventions and fellowships, churches and individuals for distribution according to the 2011–12 SBC Cooperative Program (CP) Allocation Budget.
As of Aug. 31, the $174,983,253.81 in gifts received by the Executive Committee for distribution through the CP Allocation Budget totaled 102.63 percent of the $170,500,000 year-to-date budgeted amount to support Southern Baptist ministries globally and across North America. The total is $507,698.92 more than the $174,475,554.89 received through the end of August 2011.
Designated giving of $186,370,303.66 for the same year-to-date period is 0.03 percent, or $52,302.77, above gifts received at this point last year. This total includes only those gifts received and distributed by the Executive Committee and does not reflect designated gifts contributed directly to SBC entities.
August’s CP allocation receipts for SBC work totaled $14,244,461.96. Designated gifts received last month amounted to $4,929,230.39.
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