1. Church Financial Network 2017
Per Capita

2. Kicking and Screaming into the 21st Century
Bringing Per Capita
Kicking and Screaming into the 21st Century

3. 1818
President:
James Monroe

4. 1818
Andrew Jackson:

5. 1818 GA in Philadelphia
Gambling, Dancing, Slavery

6. 1818 GA in Philadelphia 1818 Dollars: $2,041.47

7. 1868
President: Andrew Johnson

8. 1868 GA Harrisburg, PA
Reunion and Seminary Funding

9. 1868 GA Harrisburg, PA 1868 Dollars: $8,255.57

10. 1918
President: Woodrow Wilson
WW I ends
Last Carolina Parakeet

11. 1918 GA Columbus OH
1918 Dollars: $77,381
2017 Dollars: $1,177,041.88

12. 1968
President: Lyndon Johnson

13. 1968

14. 1968 GA Minneapolis MN
1968 Dollars: $349,700
2017 Dollars: $2,110,118

15. “Commissioner Travel”
Core Per Capita
“Commissioner Travel”
1818 to 2018
2017 Dollars

16. What is the appropriate way to fund a church?

17. Per Capita
Spending

18. participate equally, responsibly, and interdependently by sharing the cost of mission;
performing ecclesiastical, legislative, and judicial functions that identify a Reformed church

19. participate equally, responsibly, and interdependently by sharing the cost of mission;
performing ecclesiastical, legislative, and judicial functions that identify a Reformed church

20. Office of the General Assembly administrative costs (86%)
Constitutional interpretation
Mid council support
Immigrant ministry
Ecumenical ministry
Ordered ministries and vocation
Meetings of the General Assembly
Presbyterian Historical Society

21. Office of the General Assembly administrative costs (86%)
Presbyterian Mission Agency Administrative costs (14%)
Support Services for PMA and OGA

22. Per Capita
Rate

23. Per Capita
Rate

24. Per Capita
Spending

26. What is are the appropriate ways to fund a church?

27. The funding of missions demonstrates the unity and interdependence of the church…

28. The failure of any part of the church to participate in the stewardship of the mission of the whole church diminishes that unity and interdependence. G

29. The failure of any part of the church to participate in the stewardship of the mission of the whole church diminishes that unity and interdependence. G

30. The Presbytery of Newton respectfully overtures the 223rd GA:
That the Moderator(s) of GA …. appoint a team … to review the current Per Capita based system of funding the ministry of councils higher than the session, for financial sustainability into the next 10 years.

31. That the team will accomplish that by identifying the adaptive and technical challenges of sustainability in funding the ministry of councils higher than the session, consulting and receiving feedback/input from the leadership of the Presbyteries, Synods and the OGA as well as the Presbyterian Foundation.

32. That the Moderator(s) of GA …
That the Moderator(s) of GA …. appoint a team … to review the current Per Capita based system of funding the ministry of councils higher than the session, for financial sustainability into the next 10 years.
That the team will accomplish that by identifying the adaptive and technical challenges of sustainability in funding the ministry of councils higher than the session, consulting and receiving feedback/input from the leadership of the Presbyteries, Synods and the OGA as well as the Presbyterian Foundation.

33. In small groups:
Identify “adaptive and technical challenges of sustainability in funding the ministry of councils higher than the session”.
Identify any potential experiments for funding the Councils of the Church.

34. Church Financial Network 2017
Per Capita