NASHVILLE — Contributions to Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) national and international missions and ministries received in October were 1.34 percent below 2016’s opening month of the convention’s fiscal year and 5.53 percent below the projected budget for the first month. As of Oct. 31, gifts received for distribution through the Cooperative Program Allocation Budget totaled $15,114,641.08, or $205,368.92 below the…