Conference Benevolences - Overview

 

CONFERENCES IN ACTION

Over
81%
Given in
Apportionments
Thank You!
For your faithfulness
We have a covenant
(baptized and ordained)
and it’s working!
From your Bishop
With Love, James King
 South Georgia Annual Conference

 

 

TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES

Connection and Promotion of Giving Training

One of 7 trainings offered through the Communication Ministry Training Program is the United Methodist Connection and Promotion of Giving.

All things come from God, and of God’s own have we given God. - adapted from 1 Chronicles 29:14b

The purpose of United Methodist Connection and Promotion of Giving is to enable every United Methodist church to participate fully in the United Methodist connection by paying 100 percent of its shared giving opportunities and contributing to the designated funds of The United Methodist Church.

Through the training, lay and clergy members will be able to interpret, promote and advocate full support of their apportioned giving. It will also help one to understand the importance of our connectional giving, in that it enables us to do more together than we could do alone!
When a need touches our hearts, we want to give. The church should share stories of need and provide an opportunity for people to help.
As Christians and members of The United Methodist Church, we are called to be generous, cheerful givers. This training will help us show others how Together We Can.

The Conference Communications Office will be working to put together a training team that will be available to conduct trainings throughout the Conference. We will be seeking requests for the various trainings and will work with districts to determine where and when to conduct trainings. 

ANNUAL CONFERENCES COMMUNICATORS

 Annual Conference Communicators List 

ANNUAL CONFERENCES IN ACTION 

BW Ann Conf Apportionment Video: Why We Give

 

 

West Virginia Annual Conference

  

 

Bishop Susan Hassinger visits with Wilfredo Calderón at the Gaithersburg (Md.) Workers Center, where services are provided for area day laborers.  A UMNS photo by Mike DuBose.

“Apportionments are the way we share in ministry with those beyond ourselves,” says Bishop Susan W. Hassinger, Albany [N.Y.] Area.

“The ministry shares come back to many congregations through resources for local churches, camping programs and spiritual formation opportunities for all ages, support for training clergy, support for retired clergy, superintendent support in times of difficulty in congregations, and the list goes on. [Apportionments are] a sign of the spiritual commitment of giving to others in the name of Christ.”

Each of United Methodism’s 63 annual conferences has a budget apportioned to local congregations. These conference apportionments are most commonly called “conference benevolences.”

Conference benevolences fund the mission and ministry of your annual conference. This often includes camping and outdoor programs, colleges and universities, campus outreach, retirement and health facilities, and urban ministry and town/country ministries.

Adds Brian Bakeman, treasurer, Oklahoma Conference: “Apportionment giving supports so many important ministries here and throughout our connection, . . . All this happens because people in our pew believe giving is an important part of our Christian faith.”

To learn about your conference benevolences, visit your annual conference Web site.

“Contribute to the needs of the saints, . . .”  --Romans 12:13a, NRSV