2019 Budget South Central Jurisdictional Apportionments General Church Apportionments A
G. Interdenominational Cooperation $51,224 Nurtures the ministries of churches uniting in Christ, the World Methodist Council, the MINISTRY SHARES Commission on Pan-Methodist Cooperation ______NORTH TEXAS CONFERENCE OF THE GENERAL CHURCH $3,769,703 UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 2019 BUDGET SOUTH CENTRAL JURISDICTIONAL APPORTIONMENTS GENERAL CHURCH APPORTIONMENTS A. Lydia Patterson Institute $72,897 A school started about 100 years ago to educate A. World Service Fund $1,939,218 Hispanic youth in El Paso, TX, from both sides Our share of the essential core of the global of the border emphasizing both academic outreach ministry of The United Methodist excellence and intentional spiritual nurture. Church. This worldwide outreach supports missionaries, builds and strengthens churches B. Jurisdiction Administration Fund $44,918 and brings the saving grace and healing of Our share of the mission and ministries of the Christ to persons worldwide that a local church South Central Jurisdiction, whose office is could not do alone. Provides funds for located in Oklahoma City. resources for our churches in evangelism, youth ______ministries, education, stewardship and other JURISDICTIONAL CHURCH $117,815 ministries. ANNUAL CONFERENCE B. Ministerial Education Fund $654,978 APPORTIONMENTS Supports the education of tomorrow’s ministers in our 13 UM seminaries. One-fourth of the CENTER FOR CHURCH amount remains in our Conference under the DEVELOPMENT administration of the Board of Ordained Responsible for starting new faith communities Ministry for seminary scholarships and loans. and transforming existing congregations. C. Black Colleges Fund $261,265 Assists funding of the eleven predominantly A. Training $20,000
African-American colleges. These colleges are B. New Church Coaching/Consulting open to students regardless of racial origin. $43,000 D. Africa University $58,470 In Zimbabwe, we are now funding the first UM C. Mission Insight $9,000 university in Africa. This university educates Africans to be ministers, teachers, healers and D. Healthy Church Initiative $57,850 leaders for Africans. E. New Church Starts $620,000 E. Episcopal Fund $574,282
Support for active and retired bishops and for the ministry of the Council of Bishops. F. Future at the Crossroads $20,000
F. General Administration $230,266 G. Administrative Expenses. $15,000 Underwrites the work of the General Conference, administration of the finances of H. Staff $487,187 the denomination and the safeguarding of the legal interests and assets, maintains CENTER TOTAL $1,391,037 denominational record.
CENTER FOR LEADERSHIP CENTER FOR MISSIONAL OUTREACH DEVELOPMENT Responsible for our ministry with the poor and Responsible for identifying, recruiting, our efforts to improve global health. equipping and developing young, diverse, lay and clergy principled Christian leaders. A. Advisory Team $60,700 Includes our work in faith development and Includes team expenses, education and discipleship and Board of Ordained Ministry, leadership development, website and Board of Laity and Conference Council on publicity, and emergency initiatives
Youth Ministries. B. Christian Unity & Interreligious A. Board of Ministry $58,470 Concerns $1,500 Supports the recruitment, evaluation, Includes funds to enable interpretation, professional development, supervision, advocacy, and work for the unity of the and assists in the transition and Christian church and to encourage advocacy of clergy. dialogue and cooperation with persons of other living faiths. B. Board of Laity $7,500 C. Church and Society $4,500 C. Faith & Leadership Formation Includes providing education and action $41,500 on issues confronting the Church D. Texas Methodist Colleges $0 consistent with the Social Principles. Also, includes prison ministry and E. Effective & Fruitful Leaders $26,500 reform concerns. F. Conflict Management $13,000 D. Ethnic Local Church Concerns G. Campus Ministries $537,777 $118,500 Includes keeping the vision of ethnic H. Equitable Compensation $55,832 local church concerns before the annual Provides salary support for pastors conference; coordinating strategies serving churches which are not able to related to ethnic local church concerns; meet the minimum salary amount set by providing a forum for dialogue; training the Annual Conference. and interpretation. I. Pastoral Interims & Transitions $115,000 E. Global Ministries $49,500 Includes planning and promoting J. Emerging Leadership $35,000 meetings and experiences throughout
K. Standing Committees $3,000 the conference to develop a spirit of mission and participation in global L. Camping Ministries $396,550 ministries; engaging in direct ministries
M. Administrative Expenses. $27,350 to human need, both emergency and ongoing; working in all capacities with N. Staff $532,935 the General Board of Global Ministries.
O. Release of Reserves $0 F. Zip Code Connection $230,000 CENTER TOTAL $1,865,414 Ministry aimed at helping communities be vibrant and thriving—starting with two Zip Codes, and then transforming the world!
G. Staff $310,172
CENTER TOTAL $774,872
CENTER FOR CONNECTIONAL SECOND MILE GIVING RESOURCES In addition to supporting conference and Responsible for providing the necessary general church apportionments, each United services to leverage our resources and support Methodist has the opportunity to make gifts to our efforts to address the priorities of the specific ministries. One-hundred percent of Annual Conference. Includes the central your gifts to these designated giving treasury, clergy and staff benefits, property opportunities go to the selected project. No concerns including the conference-wide administrative costs are deducted. property & liability insurance program, administrative support services, and camp and This is often referred to as “second-mile retreat center operations. giving” because, in The United Methodist
A. Conference Administration $168,200 Church, the “first mile” is for local churches to Covers the cost of operations of the fulfill their World Service and other Shared Treasurer’s office, administrative Ministries and conference benevolence services in the Ministry Center, Annual commitments. Conference, and The Journal. Opportunities for "second-mile giving"
B. Administrative Agencies $42,800 include:
C. Annual Conference $100,000 The Advance
D. Ministry Center Operations $173,900 World Service Special Gifts Special Appeals E. Ministry Center Debt Srvc $260,000
F. Bd. of Pension & Health Benefits Special Sunday Offerings in 2019 $1,556,300 1. Human Relations Sunday, January 20 Past pension service funding, retiree 2. UMCOR Sunday, March 31 health insurance 3. Native American Ministries, May 54. Peace with Justice Sunday, June 16 G. Moving Fund $112,000 5. World Communion Sunday, October 6 Provides for the cost of moving pastors’ 6. UMC Student Day, November 24 household for changes in appointments. Ministry Shares H. Staff $571,800 Ministry Shares, or as more commonly called, apportionments, is the first priority CENTER TOTAL $2,985,000 benevolence of the local church. As The United EPISCOPAL AREA $107,000 Methodist Church we are all connected in a Funds for the Bishop’s Office and residence. structured chain of conferences, districts and local churches and together we are able to do COMMUNICATIONS $520,021 far more than as individual churches. We give The conference Communications Office, which to Ministry Shares in response to God’s love--- provides resources and technology to support to support the various ministries of our lay and interpretation of mission and ministry. clergy in starting new churches, in mission and outreach, in evangelism, in spiritual education DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENTS and nurture of all ages, and in our witness to $604,392 the world. The salaries, expenses, and benefits for the four district superintendents in the North Texas Conference, as well as the Cabinet Emergency Fund.
GRAND TOTAL $12,135,254 Track Your Church's Ministry Shares (Apportionment) Giving The Council on Finance and Administration is providing a tool to help members of local congregations keep track of how their church is doing in meeting its obligation to support the shared ministry of The United Methodist Church. A file showing the amount of each church’s Ministry Shares (Apportionments) and the progress each has made in paying that amount is available for viewing and/or download.
To access that file, go to www.ntcumc.org and click on Apportionments on the home page of the “Center for Connectional Resources’’ website and then “Church Reports.” You will need your church’s username and password to access your church’s information. If there any questions or discrepancies between your church's records and this report, contact Jodi Smith, Conference Treasurer, or Carolyn Bryels, Administrative Assistant for Property Insurance at 972-526-5000.