Stewardship
April 2023 Apportionments Remained Low
Apportionment receipts for the first four months of 2023 continued to be quite a bit below last year and our historical average, so we have work to do. Through 04/30/2023, we had received 22.9% of our apportionments. That was 6.4% below last year and 4.0% below our...
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2023 Apportionments Off to Slow Start
Apportionment receipts for the first quarter of 2023 were down quite a bit from last year and our historical average, so we have some catching up to do. Through 03/31/2023, we had received 16.5% of our apportionments. That was 6.1% below last year and 3.7%...
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...