World Service Fund - Fund Status

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The World Service Fund is one of seven apportionments of The United Methodist Church. It is apportioned among the 63 annual conferences in the United States. As of June 30, 2008, the most recent financial data available, the World Service Fund had received $25,940,317. This represents 30.5 percent of our goal amount of $84,961,443 for 2008. In 2007, the World Service Fund received $72,570,424.  In 2006, $69,361,531 was remitted to the World Service Fund. $66,194,825 was remitted in 2005.

The United Methodist Church is grateful to those annual conferences that faithfully remit their World Service Fund apportionment at 100 percent. Recognizing the importance of ministry around the world, 25 annual conferences remitted at 100 percent to the World Service Fund in 2007. Those conferences are: Alaska Missionary, Baltimore-Washington, Central Pennsylvania, Central Texas, Desert Southwest, Detroit, East Ohio, Eastern Pennsylvania, Greater New Jersey, Illinois Great Rivers, Kansas West, Kentucky, Louisiana, New York, North Central New York, North Carolina, Northern Illinois, Oklahoma Indian Missionary, Peninsula Delaware, Red Bird Missionary, Rio Grande, Texas, Troy, West Michigan and Wisconsin.

The World Service Fund apportionment is at work all around the world, working with the poor, growing congregations, working to prevent disease and nurturing leaders. These tasks take money and recommitment. It takes you.

Your congregation’s 100-percent support of the World Service Fund is life changing. Be the difference in your congregation. Through the World Service Fund, we can picture the power of lives changed. Please give generously and thoughtfully. Thank you!