SBCV & BGAV 2008 $ Comparison

by   T. C. Pinckney                                                                                                                                         Vol. XXII, No. 4, April 2009

Here are the 2008 dollar receipt totals for both the Southern Baptist Conservatives of Virginia and the Baptist General Association of Virginia. Percentage figures show the change from 2007.

                                            ______SBCV _____                    _______BGAV________

Cooperative. Program       $9,062,085  +0.4%                      $14,092,291    -2.4%

Designated Offerings:

Lottie Moon                            $2,897,760    -16.1%                     $ 3,322,973   -8.32%

Annie Armstrong                    $1,023,893     -6.6%                      $ 1,425,410   -2.58%

State missions                       $   213,751       -9.0%                     $    950,982   -9.16%

Other designated*                 $1,770,223   +12.6%                                  --

CBF Global Missions             (none, of course)                            $    549,991   +5.0%

Total CP & designated     $14,323,019     -2.7%                     $21,014,850  -3.87%

*The four 2008 major recipients in the SBCV “Other Designated” category include: International Mission Board $186,969.08; North American Mission Board $103,773.66; World Hunger $76,957.32; and Support for Church Planting from churches $678,615.55

As you consider these figures, remember that the BGAV claims almost three times as many affiliated churches as does the SBCV.

Not surprisingly, the bad economy is reducing gifts to churches of all persuasions. Yet each of us should keep in mind that God owns everything and has given us all that we have. Returning the tithe to Him is His command and our duty to glorify Him. Moreover, it should not be merely a duty but a great pleasure to know that He can and will use that which we return to Him for the growth of His kingdom and in glorifying His name.