Michigan Conference Statistician
Pamela Stewart 517-347-4030 ext. 4137
pstewart@michiganumc.org
Please contact me if you have questions or need assistance regarding your Local Church Report. My office hours are Monday through Thursday, 8 am to 4 pm. Outside those hours, you may send me an email or leave a voicemail, and I will get back to you. Thank you!
Statistician’s Page
Welcome, local churches! This page contains documents to aid you in submitting your end-of year Local Church Report to the Annual Conference, familiarly known as Tables 1, 2 and 3.
To log in:
You will use the Michigan Annual Conference Statistics website, https://stats.gcfa.org.
Your username is your 6-digit General Church Number. Find your General Church Number (GCFA Number) here.
The universal password for all users is: Stats_2024
Common church names may be prefixed with their city – for example, Detroit: Central UMC.
The Book of Discipline requires every church to submit this report by the end of January each year. It also requires that the appointed or assigned pastor in church is ultimately responsible for the timely and accurate submission of the report – even if others do the work. (BOD ¶340.2c) (2) (f)
Overview – Read This First
Church Types for reporting
Calculating Attendance
How to Count Attendance
How to Count Virtual Worship Attendance
Virtual Attendance Counting Tips from the Missouri Conference
Forms
2024 Blank Statistical Tables to use as a worksheet.
Clergy Compensation Worksheet
GCFA Statistical Forms in Spanish and Korean