NASHVILLE — Gifts to the Southern Baptist Convention’s Cooperative Program (CP) dipped 1.67 percent last month compared to March 2001. However, year-to-date support for CP missions remains 2.82 percent ahead of totals at this same point last year, according to a news release from SBC Executive Committee President and Chief Executive Officer Morris H. Chapman.
March’s $14,064,084.99 in CP gifts to support Southern Baptist ministries globally and across North America dipped $239,210.07 below March 2001 gifts of $14,303,295.06.
In year-to-date CP giving, $91,742,280.47 has been received, compared with $89,228,523.62 in 2000-01, an increase of 2.82 percent or $2,513,756.85. The SBC operates on an Oct. 1-Sept. 30 fiscal year.
For the SBC Cooperative Program Allocation Budget, the March receipts of $14,064,084.99 were 94.66 percent of the budgeted $14,858,239.92, or $794,154.93 under the budget goal.
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