Southern Baptist CP giving down 1.45 percent

NASHVILLE — Year-to-date contributions to Southern Baptist national and international missions and ministries received by the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) Executive Committee are 1.45 percent below the same time frame last year, according to a news release from SBC Executive Committee President and Chief Executive Officer Frank Page. The total includes receipts from state conventions and fellowships, churches and individuals for distribution according to the 2010–11 SBC Cooperative Program (CP) Allocation Budget.

As of April 30, gifts received by the Executive Committee for distribution through the CP Allocation Budget totaled $114,378,059.49, or $1,686,671.03 behind the $116,064,730.52 received at the end of April 2010. Monthly CP allocation receipts for SBC work totaled $15,876,815.32.

For the SBC CP Allocation Budget, the year-to-date total of $114,378,059.49 is 98.13 percent of the $116,562,885.94 budgeted to support Southern Baptist ministries globally and across North America. The SBC operates on an Oct. 1–Sept. 30 fiscal year.