Baptist Press
NASHVILLE — Year-to-date contributions to Southern Baptist Convention national and international missions and ministries received by the SBC Executive Committee are 5.28 percent above the year-to-date SBC Cooperative Program Allocation Budget projection, and are 2.99 percent above contributions received during the same time frame last year, according to a news release from SBC Executive Committee President Frank S. Page.
The year-to-date total represents money received by the Executive Committee by the close of the last business day of July and includes receipts from state conventions, churches and individuals for distribution according to the 2015-16 SBC Cooperative Program Allocation Budget.
As of July 31, gifts received by the Executive Committee for distribution through the SBC Cooperative Program Allocation Budget through the first nine months of the Convention’s fiscal year (October to September) totaled $163,617,265.19. This total is $8,200,598.52 above the $155,416,666.67 year-to-date budgeted projection to support Southern Baptist ministries globally and across North America, and is $4,757,746.81 more than the $158,859,518.38 received through the end of July 2015.
Designated giving of $195,055,242.88 for the same year-to-date period is 5.09 percent, or $9,444,428.40, above the $185,610,814.48 received at this point last year. This total includes only those gifts received and distributed by the Executive Committee and does not reflect designated gifts contributed directly to SBC entities. Designated contributions include the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering for International Missions, the Annie Armstrong Easter Offering for North American Missions, Southern Baptist Global Hunger Relief and other special gifts.
July’s CP allocation receipts for SBC work totaled $16,439,378.30. Designated gifts received last month amounted to $7,132,157.77.
