Where the U.S. Local Church Expense Dollars Go
The cost of our Christ-centered global ministry is significant, but it is only a tiny portion of our local church budget. Of ever $1,000 given in offering: 
- $845 stays in the local church
- $124 goes to jurisdictions: annual conferences and districts
- $22 goes to general apportionments;
- $9 goes to other general funds, including United Methodist Women.
(Your church's expense figures will vary. depending on your support of annual conference benevolences.) General Council on Finance and
Administration data, July 2008
In 2007, United Methodists in the United States
- gave $5.1 billion for local church expenditures including program and operating expenses, pastor salaries and expenses, debt payment and benevolences paid directly to the local church;
- gave $758 million for jurisdictional, area, annual conference and district clergy support, administration and benevolences;
- contributed $137 million for general apportioned benevolences, clergy support and administration, including $69 million for World Service, the basic program and benevolence fund;
- donated and additional $46 million to other general benevolences including The Advance, World Service Specials and United Methodist Women.
Local congregations gave a total of $6.29 billion for all purposes in 2007.
Conference UMW mission coordinator data
These statistics were the most recent available at the time of publishing.
