2023 Charge/Church Conference Forms
START HERE:
- Click here to download the checklist. (updated on 9/19/2023)
- Fill out the online forms below – if you are having difficulty navigating any of the online forms, please check with the District Office or your DS. If needed or helpful, most of the fillable PDFs and Word documents are also accessible on Google Drive – click here.
- Several forms ask for the church GCFA#. Click here to find the GCFA# for your church.
Staff Parish Relations Committee and Pastor Forms due to District Superintendent at least two weeks prior
- Annual Parsonage Review (applicable only if the pastor is living in the parsonage.)
- Annual Report of Deacons (if applicable)
- Annual Report of Retired Clergy (if applicable)
- Retired Clergy Charge Conference Contact Information Form (if applicable)
- Annual Report from Clergy Appointed to Extension Ministry (if applicable)
- Pastor Assessment (due April 8, 2024)
Charge Conference Forms and Reports (Due no later than Church Conference)
- Report of the Pastor ¶234, ¶340
- Lay Leadership/Nominations Report ¶258 and ¶249 (This form is available, but churches can turn in this information any way they wish.)
- SPRC Report on Persons Preparing for Church-Related Vocations ¶247.8, 9, 10 (This form is available, but churches can turn in this information any way they wish.)
- Membership Worksheet for Church Conference ¶247.15, ¶231
- Annual Report of the Trustees ¶2550
- Annual Report of Finance Committee ¶258.4C
- College Student Referral – Campus Ministry Connection
- Certified Lay Servant Ministry Report/Recommendations ¶247.11, ¶268, ¶269
- Certified Lay Minister Annual Report to the Charge Conference ¶268.4.2
- Lay Speaker Annual Report to the Charge Conference ¶268.4.2
- Housing Allowance Resolution
- Local Church Profile (If needed please use this worksheet to gather information and then fill out the online form.)
- Pastor Profile (filled out before the church conference)
Other Church Forms (Due Dates Vary)
- Equitable Compensation Application for 2024 – Due November 1, 2023
- 2023 Church Conference Minutes, after being reviewed and adopted by your Church Council/Leadership Team – Due December 15, 2023
- Local Church Officer Form – Due December 15, 2023
- 2024 Approved Church Budget – Due December 15, 2023
- 2023 End-of-Year Financial Report – Due January 31, 2024
- 2023 Year-end Statistical Tables (submitted online at https://stats.gcfa.org/) – Due January 31, 2024
- 2023 Fund Balance Report (fillable PDF) – Due January 31, 2024
Reference Information
The following documents are available in the Google Drive along with the fillable PDFs of the forms listed above.
- 2024 Health Insurance Premium Schedule
- 2024 Minimum Salary Schedule
- Clergy Housing Policies and Standards
- Clergy Housing Handbook
- GCFA Church Numbers
- GCFA Church Numbers in alphabetical order
Help with PDFs?
- Fillable PDFs should be completed on a computer and printed. Download the forms to your computer. Open them with Adobe Acrobat Reader and fill them out. Then save and print or use the upload file option linked above.
- Check your download folder, desktop, and documents folder. If you still can’t find where the documents are downloading, contact Christina Dillabough at cdillabough@dscumc.org for technical support.
Mac User?
- Using Mac’s default “Preview” program to open and fill out a PDF can result in problems. Instead, try the free Adobe Reader program to open and work with the PDFs.
- For additional technical support, contact Christina Dillabough at cdillabough@dscumc.org.