Tag: Apportionments
2024 Ministry Shares due December 31

Churches have until December 31 to submit final Ministry Share remittances for 2024, and any Ministry Shares received in the new year will be applied to 2025.
Grateful for our union benefits

In this op-ed, retired pastor Glenn M. Wagner shares from his four decades of pastoral experience significant benefits of the “United” in our UMC.
Conference program staff to transition, reduce

The Michigan Conference announces program staff restructuring, reductions, and reassignments needed to meet budget projections for 2024.
Denominational giving drops for 3rd year

The decline in UMC giving comes as COVID-19 continues its menace and a possible denominational separation is on the horizon.
Leaders consider the UMC’s bottom line

For now, leaders of the General Council on Finance and Administration propose cutting the budget for denomination-wide ministries by nearly a third, starting in 2023.
Finance board gets update on giving

The General Council on Finance and Administration learns of volatility in apportionment giving across the connection. Collection rates in the first quarter varied widely among the seven general church funds.
General Agencies cutting back

Faced with an ongoing pandemic and denominational uncertainty, United Methodist general agencies are reducing staff while trying to stay true to their missions.
Estimating financial impact of exits

Financial forecast … a survey of conferences projects that a 20% decline in local church net expenditures will result in about $41 million less in requested apportionments by 2024.
UMs give as ‘Easter people’

Though dispirited following the 2019 General Conference, the people of The United Methodist Church rallied in giving to denomination-wide ministries.
Scripture key in WCA discipline

The WCA has released a first draft of Doctrines and Discipline, toward the possible creation of a new, traditionalist church.