Cooperative Program giving up 6.88 percent

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)–Year-to-date contributions through the Southern Baptist Convention’s Cooperative Program are up 6.88 percent compared to the same time frame in 2002, according to a news release from SBC Executive Committee President and Chief Executive Officer Morris H. Chapman.

As of Dec. 31, 2003, the year-to-date total of $45,269,709.85 for Cooperative Program (CP) Missions is $2,913,303.29 ahead of the $42,356,406.56 received at this same point in 2002. For the month, receipts of $13,585,159.83 were 9.15 percent, or $1,138,776.11, above the $12,446,383.72 received in December 2002.