CP totals for March 2007 below giving last year

NASHVILLE — Contributions through the Southern Baptist Convention’s (SBC) Cooperative Program (CP) for March 2007 totaled $14,991,093.27 — 18.21 percent, or $3,336,944.60, below the $18,328,037.87 received in March 2006.

The year-to-date total of $102,076,645.12 for CP Missions is 1.63 percent, or $1,632,454.07, ahead of the $100,444,191.05 received at the same point in 2006, according to a news release from SBC Executive Committee President and Chief Executive Officer Morris H. Chapman.

For the SBC CP Allocation Budget, the year-to-date total of $102,076,645.12 is 104.19 percent of the $97,974,211.28 budgeted to support Southern Baptist ministries globally and across North America. The SBC operates on an Oct. 1–Sept. 30 fiscal year.