GBC committed to forwarding CP gifts to national convention

DULUTH — Even while Georgia’s unemployment rate remains one of the highest in the nation, the Georgia Baptist Convention remains committed to forwarding its Cooperative Program gifts to the SBC Executive Committee in Nashville as quickly as it has traditionally done.

A steady decline in giving since the recession began in 2008 has required the state convention to trim staff and reduce budget to levels not seen since 1999. But the financial downturn, coupled with a report that 50 of the state’s leading churches decreased their CP giving in 2011, has hobbled the Convention from forwarding the funds in a timely fashion.

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