Year-to-date CP contributions ahead of last year

Year-to-date CP contributions ahead of last year

NASHVILLE — Year-to-date contributions to Southern Baptist national and international missions and ministries received by the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) Executive Committee are $5,628,995.10, or 5.19 percent above the year-to-date budgeted goal, and are 0.22 percent behind contributions received during the same time frame last year, according to a news release from SBC Executive Committee President and Chief Executive Officer Frank S. Page.

The total includes receipts from state conventions and fellowships, churches and individuals for distribution according to the 2011–12 SBC Cooperative Program (CP) Allocation Budget.

As of April 30, gifts received by the Executive Committee for distribution through the CP Allocation Budget totaled $114,128,995.10 or 105.19 percent of the $108,500,000 year-to-date budgeted amount to support Southern Baptist ministries globally and across North America. The total is $249,064.39 less than the $114,378,059.49 received through the end of April 2011.

Designated giving of $130,851,935.53 for the same year-to-date period is 0.09 percent, or $121,764.37, below gifts of $130,973,699.90 received at this point last year.

April’s CP allocation receipts for SBC work totaled $16,364,404.42. Designated gifts received amounted to $13,989,216.23.  (TAB)