NASHVILLE — Contributions through the Southern Baptist Convention’s (SBC) Cooperative Program (CP) for February 2007 totaled $19,736,793.81 — 21.50 percent, or $3,493,131.70, above the $16,243,662.11 received in February 2006, according to a report released by Morris H. Chapman, SBC Executive Committee president and chief executive officer. The year-to-date total of $87,085,551.85 for CP giving is $4,969,398.67, or 6.05 percent, ahead of the $82,116,153.18 received at the same point in 2006.
Designated giving of $93,466,830.74 for the same year-to-date period is 17.22 percent, or $13,732,516.17, above gifts of $79,734,314.57 received at this point last year. The $56,430,564.51 in designated gifts received last month is $15,238,554.21 above the $41,192,010.30 received in February 2006, an increase of 36.99 percent. For the SBC CP Allocation Budget, the year-to-date total of $87,085,551.85 is 106.66 percent of the $81,645,176.06 budgeted to support SBC ministries globally and across North America. The SBC operates on an Oct. 1–Sept. 30 fiscal year.
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