NASHVILLE — October contributions of $17,795,253.26 through the Southern Baptist Convention’s (SBC) Cooperative Program (CP) were 20.4 percent above CP gifts received in October 2007, according to a news release from SBC Executive Committee President and Chief Executive Officer Morris H. Chapman. As of Oct. 31, CP gifts were $3,015,366.50 above the $14,779,886.76 received in October 2007. For the SBC…