Stewardship

January 2023 Apportionments Report
It is very early in the year, and we won’t provide an extended apportionments analysis until after March 31. But we did want to provide a brief report as of January 31. Unlike last year, the Conference did not pay one month (8.3%) of 2023 apportionments in January...

Meet the new Director of Finance & Administration
As previously announced, the Director of Finance & Administration, effective January 1, 2023, is Matt Kuss. Click here to read more about the transition and Randy Bowman's new role. We're eager for you to meet Matt, so here's a little about him. "Since his first...

December 2022 Apportionments Report
We finished the 2022 apportionment year, with December apportionment receipts being the second-best month of the year behind January, where the Conference fully paid one month of 2022 apportionments for all of our churches. The result was an overall...

November Apportionments Slightly Above Prior Years
Please do all you can to help our churches and ministries continue to change lives by contributing apportionments as fully as possible in the last month of 2022. The cutoff for receiving 2022 Apportionments is Jan. 11, 2023.

October Apportionments Continue Second-Half Downturn
Despite the slight decline in apportionment receipts, the Conference remains in fairly good financial shape.
September 2022 Apportionments Held Steady
On a year-to-date basis, we received 58.7% of our apportionments. That was 0.6% higher than last year’s level. At this rate, we project year-end apportionment receipts of about 83%.
August 2022 Apportionments Showed Mixed Results
Apportionment receipts for August were about 1% below our monthly average for the first eight months of 2022, but they actually improved a bit compared to last year. On a year-to-date basis, we received 53.4% of our apportionments. That was 0.7% higher than last...
MEETING MINUTES: Council on Finance and Administration on Mar. 10, 2022
Minutes of Zoom Meeting on March 10, 2022 Participants Matt Ashley, Randy Bowman, Anne Green, Bishop Grant Hagiya, Matt Kuss, Daniel Landesman, Rob Lee, Kay Pitt, Anabel Quijada, Anthony Tang, Scott Whitmire, Ann Williams, and Steve Ziegler. Opening Scott opened the...
July 2022 Apportionments – Lowest of Year
Apportionment receipts for July were the lowest of the seven months so far this year. On a year-to-date basis, we received 47.7% of our apportionments. That was 0.2% lower than last year’s level. At this rate, we project year-end apportionment receipts of about 82%....
Leveraging Facebook for online church during COVID-19
If you think of your Facebook presence like a house, your Page is your front porch, Facebook Live is you opening the front door, and Facebook Groups is you inviting people into your living room for a conversation. Find out what you can do right now to leverage Facebook tools for online church.