CP giving nearly 6 percent above projection

NASHVILLE — Year-to-date contributions to national and international missions and ministries received by the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) Executive Committee are 5.96 percent above the year-to-date SBC Cooperative Program (CP) Allocation Budget projection. They also are 2.05 percent above contributions received during the same time frame in 2016, according to Executive Committee President and CEO Frank S. Page.

As of June 30, gifts received for distribution through the CP Allocation Budget through the first nine months of the convention’s fiscal year (October to September) totaled $150,193,673.05. This total is $8,443,673.05 above the $141,750,000.00 year-to-date budgeted projection to support Southern Baptist ministries globally and across North America. (BP)