Statistical Table II is due to the Conference Statistician by February 14. Because many churches did not submit data on time, the data was not fully available until the end of August 1999. Please help us be accurate and more timely in our apportionment calculations. If this applies to your church, the percentage of United Methodist members further modifies the financial data. CFA felt that if a church were to have to reduce the size of appointment, such a decline indicates that the church needs immediate relief, not relief averaged over three years.
Apportionments are the expression of a covenantal connection to be in mission and ministry together.
Together we share the total program voted by the Annual Conference. That amount is carried on because your Ministerial Support payments include benefits that must be paid, ideally monthly. Like your electric bill or health insurance these are amounts that need to be paid so that our pastors may receive their proper benefits. This means that if Fund III, Ministerial Support, is not paid sufficiently, the pastoral salary should be reduced by the same percentage that it is not paid. A listing of churches not in compliance is submitted to the Conference Secretary for the Journal each year.