National CP giving 5 percent above projection

National CP giving 5 percent above projection

NASHVILLE — Year-to-date contributions to Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) national and international missions and ministries received by the SBC Executive Committee are 5.08 percent above the year-to-date SBC Cooperative Program (CP) Allocation Budget projection, and are 1.15 percent above contributions received during the same time frame in 2016, according to a news release from SBC Executive Committee President and CEO Frank S. Page.

As of July 31 gifts received through the first nine months of the convention’s fiscal year (October to September) totaled $165,503,652.87. This total is $8,003,652.87 above the $157,500,000 year-to-date budgeted projection to support Southern Baptist ministries globally and across North America, and is $1,886,387.68 more than the $163,617,265.19 received through the end of July 2016.

July’s CP allocation receipts for SBC work totaled $15,309,979.82. Designated gifts received in July amounted to $9,645,268.57. (BP)