SBC CP giving slightly below last year’s gifts

NASHVILLE — Year-to-date contributions through the Southern Baptist Convention’s (SBC) Cooperative Program (CP) was 3.36 percent below the same time frame last year, according to a news release from SBC Executive Committee President and Chief Executive Officer Morris H. Chapman.

As of June 30, the year-to-date total of $145,520,420.41 for CP missions is $5,063,463.04 behind the $150,583,883.45 received at the end of June 2009.

Monthly CP receipts totaled $12,660,727.93.

For the SBC CP Allocation Budget, the year-to-date total of $145,520,420.41 is 94.93 percent of the $153,289,194.47 budgeted to support Southern Baptist ministries globally and across North America. The SBC operates on an Oct. 1–Sept. 30 fiscal year.