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CP Giving Drops in December
01/24/2011
LOUISVILLE - Kentucky Baptists' giving through the Cooperative Program declined the last month of 2010.
Gifts supporting missions through the Cooperative Program totaled $1,863,758 in December.
After the first four months of the fiscal year, Cooperative Program giving is running more than 9 percent behind the pace needed to reach the $23.5 million goal for the year, according to Lowell Ashby, Kentucky Baptist Convention Business Services Team leader.
"It appears a number of year-end church gifts were not received until after January 1, so we are hoping for a rebound in the fifth month of the fiscal year,” Ashby said. “We will certainly know better how we stand after February 2011, which wraps up the first half of our fiscal year."
The drop came a month after Kentucky Baptists exceeded the monthly budget in their CP giving by more than $9,000 noted Billy Compton, KBC's executive associate for Cooperative Program and Resources.
"Even though the economy is still struggling, Kentucky Baptists showed in November, and continue to show, that they are missions-minded believers," Compton said. "I think the best days of missions, accomplished through the Cooperative Program, are ahead of us."
Giving through the Cooperative Program sustains an array of hands-on, educational and equipping ministries. For example, in February and March, the Kentucky Baptist Convention is offering training for Kentucky Baptists in the areas of preschool/children's ministry, starting new churches, ministry to multi-housing communities, the role of deacons in the church, and creative ministries.
The Kentucky Baptist Convention is a cooperative missions and ministry organization made up of nearly 2.400 autonomous Baptist churches in Kentucky. A variety of state and worldwide ministries are coordinated through its administrative offices in Louisville, including: missions work, disaster relief, ministry training and support, church development, evangelism and more. For more, find us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter.
Release prepared by Dannah Prather, KBC Communications
