December 2023 Apportionment Status Update
Apportionment status as of December 31, 2023. Please note the cutoff for receiving 2023 apportionments is Thursday, January 11, 2023. Learn More...
December 2023 Apportionment Status Update
Finance and Administration
Guidance and resources for the local church on finance and administration matters.
November 2023 Operational & Financial Update
November 2023 Operational & Financial Update
Following are the significant factors that impacted our operational and financial results for the first 11 months of 2023. Our available cash reserves at 11/30/2023 were $2,456,000. This was down $621,000 from November 30 of last year. Apportionment receipts for...
October 2023 Operational & Financial Update
October 2023 Operational & Financial Update
Following are the significant factors that impacted our operational and financial results for the first 10 months of 2023. Our available cash reserves at 10/31/2023 were $2,365,000. This was down $495,000 from October 31 of last year. Apportionment receipts for...
Creating a Narrative Budget: The Story Behind the Numbers
Creating a Narrative Budget: The Story Behind the Numbers
By Ken Sloan and originally published at https://www.umcdiscipleship.org/articles/creating-a-narrative-budget-the-story-behind-the-numbers Discipleship Ministries is excited to announce the return of a popular online course for local church leaders: Creating a...
August 2023 Apportionment Status Report
August 2023 Apportionment Status Report
Following are the significant factors that impacted our operational and financial results for the first 8 months of 2023. Our available cash reserves at 8/31/2023 were $2,194,000. This was down $641,000 from August 31 of last year. Apportionment receipts for August...
July 2023 Operational & Financial Update
July 2023 Operational & Financial Update
The following are the significant factors that impacted our operational and financial results for the first seven months of 2023. Our available cash reserves on 07/31/2023 were $2,376,000. This was down $622,000 from July 31 of last year. Apportionment receipts for...
Mission Moments and More
Mission Moments and More
August is right around the corner, and with it comes a new collection of Mission Moments and More resources to keep your summertime ministry efforts thriving. This specially curated package provides weekly articles, including a timely piece of Scripture, a devotion...
2023 Mid-Year Apportionments & Financial Update
2023 Mid-Year Apportionments & Financial Update
As we ended the first half of 2023, the Desert Southwest Conference remained in good financial shape, but we did experience some negative factors and trends. Our available cash reserves on 06/30/2023 were $2.5 million. This was still a healthy figure, but it was...
Building a Better Budget
Building a Better Budget
If your church has been in the practice of simply tweaking last year’s budget and hoping there will be enough to do mission and ministry, you’re invited to join Discipleship Ministries via Zoom on July 18, at 4:30 PM (Arizona Time) for this helpful webinar, as we explore tools to build a better budget.
May 2023 Apportionments Fell Further Behind
May 2023 Apportionments Fell Further Behind
Apportionment receipts for the first five months of 2023 continued to be quite a bit below last year's and our historical average, so we still have much work to do. Through 05/31/2023, we received 28.6% of our apportionments. That was 7.5% below last year and 5.3%...
