Texas CP 2006 receipts up slightly

Posted: 2/02/07

Texas CP 2006 receipts up slightly

By John Hall

Texas Baptist Communications

DALLAS—Texas Baptists’ giving to the Baptist General Convention of Texas Cooperative Program increased by 2 percent in 2006.

Texas Baptists contributed nearly $40.9 million to the Texas Cooperative Program in 2006, enabling the BGCT to reach 99 percent of its adopted budget.

Giving to worldwide mission efforts through the BGCT also increased last year from $15.63 million to $15.85 million. Texas Baptist churches gave $13.9 million to the Southern Baptist Convention, $1.51 million to the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship and nearly $796,000 to BGCT worldwide causes.

The number of Texas Baptist churches following the BGCT adopted giving plan in 2006 increased 2.2 percent to 42.6 percent of BGCT-affiliated congregations.

“This is a continuation of a trend we’ve seen over the past four or five years that more churches are embracing the Texas adopted plan,” said David Nabors, BGCT chief financial officer.

Giving to Texas Baptist offerings also increased in 2006. Texas Baptists increased giving to the Mary Hill Davis Offering for Texas Missions 12.5 percent. They donated almost $4.9 million to the offering, just short of the $5.1 million goal.

Giving to the Texas Baptist Offering for World Hunger increased 10 percent in 2006 to about $738,000, which is slightly below the goal of $750,000.