CHURCH ASSETS & EXPENSES Table 2 of the Local Church Report to the Annual Conference The General
Council on Finance and Administration of The United Methodist Church
2009-2012 Quadrennium – Revised 5.26.09
Conference Church No. GCFA Church No.
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Employer Identification No. (Federal Tax ID No.)
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State
Pastor
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Church Charge
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Reports for the year ending December 31,
or for the period
to
36. Market value of
church-owned land, buildings and
equipment ...................................................................................................
36)
Enter the estimated market value
of buildings, parsonages, and equipment plus the value of parsonage-related assets used in the ministry
of the church and the support
of its pastor(s). If a parsonage is in a charge of more than one church, list parsonage-related assets
only on report of church where parsonage is located. If property is held by a multi-church charge
in common (rather
than by an individual church) a share
of the value should be assigned
to each church
according to its percentage of total professing membership within
the charge unless a specific percentage of commonly- held property has been otherwise designated. A residence not used as a parsonage should be listed
on Line 37. Congregations are not obligated to initiate property appraisals in order to provide
this estimate.
37. Market
value of all other
church-owned
assets ............................................................................................................................. 37) Enter the estimated market value of all other real estate and personal property such as cash, stocks, bonds, trusts, securities, investments belonging to the church,
including money raised or donated
and held for future building programs
or any other special purposes,
and all property and other investments not included elsewhere.
38. Debt secured by church physical assets ........................................................................................................................................ 38)
Enter the amount of debt
currently held by the church that is secured by church property and assets, such as mortgages.
39. Other debt ..........................................................................................................................................................................................
39)
Enter the total of all
debt currently held by the church that is not secured by church property
assets, such as credit
cards, lines of credits,
and lease-to-purchase agreements. The sum of lines 38 and 39 should equal the total debt currently
held by the church.
PLEASE NOTE: The amounts reported as expenditures
on the following lines (40.b + 41.b-64) should equal the total amount of money spent by
the
local church for
the past year.
40.a
Total amount APPORTIONED to the local church
for all causes paid
to the AC Treasurer ....................................................
40.a)
This amount
should include the total for all district, annual
conference, jurisdictional, and general
church funds apportioned to the local church
to be remitted to the annual conference
treasurer. This number shall be provided by the annual conference treasurer.
40.b Total amount PAID by the local church for all apportioned causes
to AC Treasurer .............................................................. 40.b) +
This amount
should include the total given by the local church to the annual conference treasurer
for all district, annual conference, jurisdictional, and general church apportioned funds. This number shall be provided by the annual conference treasurer.
41.a
Total amount APPORTIONED to the local church for all apportioned causes directly paid to the DISTRICT....................... 41.a)
This amount
should include the total of all funds
apportioned directly by the district. DO NOT INCLUDE
any amounts apportioned to the local church to be remitted
to the annual conference treasurer.
41.b Total amount PAID by the local church for
apportioned causes directly paid
to the DISTRICT ............................................ 41.b) +
This amount should include
the total given to all causes
apportioned by, and paid directly to, the district. DO NOT INCLUDE any amounts given to
the annual conference treasurer for conference apportioned causes.
42. Total amount for General Advance Specials
remitted to the Annual Conference Treasurer .................................................... 42) +
Report the amount
paid for all General
Advance Special Gifts by the local church. This number shall be provided by the annual conference treasurer.
43. Total amount for World Service Specials remitted to the Annual Conference
Treasurer ......................................................... 43) +
Report the amount
paid for all World
Service Special Gifts by the local church. This number shall be provided by the annual conference treasurer.
44. Total amount for Annual Conference Advance Specials remitted
to the Annual Conference Treasurer ................................ 44) +
Report the amount
of gifts to approved
Annual Conference Advance
specials. This number shall be provided
by the annual conference treasurer.
45. Total amount for the Youth Service Fund remitted to the Annual Conference
Treasurer ......................................................... 45) +
Report the amount
paid for Youth Service Fund by the local church. This number shall be provided by the annual conference treasurer.
46. Total amount of all other
funds sent to AC Treasurer for connectional
mission and ministry................................................. 46) +
Report
any other non-apportioned funds sent to the annual conference treasurer
for connectional mission and ministry not otherwise reported
on lines 40.b and 41b-45 including
non-apportioned
giving to higher education and health and welfare ministries. This number shall be provided
by the annual conference treasurer.
47. Total Annual Conference Special Sunday Offerings
remitted to the Annual Conference Treasurer ....................................... 47 +
Report the total paid for annual conference special
day offerings. This number shall be provided by the annual conference treasurer.
48. Total amount given directly to United Methodist causes
(not sent to AC Treasurer) ................................................................ 48) +
Report here monies
paid directly by the local church to United Methodist-related institutions and causes.
DO NOT INCLUDE any amounts
sent to the
Treasurer
in your annual
conference. Those monies should be reported on lines 42- 47.
49. Total amount given to non-United Methodist benevolent and charitable causes ...................................................................... 49) +
Report here monies paid directly by the local
church to local
benevolence or community organizations or to
non-United Methodist organizations outside the local church.
50. General Special Sunday Offerings remitted to
the Annual Conference Treasurer
On the following lines report
the total paid for these
six special day offerings. These amounts
shall be provided
by the annual conference treasurer.
50.a Human Relations
Sunday .............................................................................................................................................................. 50.a) +
50.b
One
Great Hour of Sharing ............................................................................................................................................................ 50.b) +
50.c Peace
with Justice Sunday............................................................................................................................................................ 50.c) +
50.d
Native
American Ministries Sunday ............................................................................................................................................. 50.d) +
50.e World Communion
Sunday ........................................................................................................................................................... 50.e) +
50.f U.M.
Student Day .............................................................................................................................................................................
50.f) +
51. Total amount paid
by
the local church for all direct-billed clergy
non-health benefits ............................................................. 51) +
This amount
should include the total paid by the local church
for ministerial benefits,
excluding health. DO NOT INCLUDE
any monies paid for
the benefits of church staff not serving as a pastor, including those appointed by the bishop to specialized ministries. DO NOT INCLUDE any amounts deducted from clergy
salaries and paid on their behalf.
52. Total amount paid
by
the local church for all direct-billed clergy
health benefits ..................................................................... 52) +
This amount should include
the total amount paid by the local church for ministerial health benefits. DO NOT INCLUDE
any monies paid for the health benefits of church staff not serving
as a pastor, including those
appointed by the bishop to specialized ministries. DO NOT INCLUDE any amounts deducted from clergy salaries
and paid on their behalf.
53. Total amount paid
in base compensation to the pastor ................................................................................................................ 53) +
Enter here the total amount of compensation paid by local
church to the primary (senior) pastor of the church, as well as any tax-deferred amounts (agreement pursuant to IRS Section 403b), and/or
any contributions made pursuant to a salary
reduction agreement to a “cafeteria plan”
(IRS Code Section 125 plan).
54. Total amount paid in base compensation to all associate pastors assigned by the bishop .................................................... 54) +
Enter here the total amount of compensation paid by local
church to the associate pastor(s)
of the church, as well as any tax-deferred
(agreement pursuant
to IRS Section 403b),
and/or any contributions made pursuant to a salary
reduction agreement to a “cafeteria plan”
(IRS Code Section 125 plan).
55. Total amount paid
to/for pastor and associate(s) for housing
and
utilities and/or related allowances ................................... 55) +
Enter here the total amount paid to/for all pastors
for housing allowances and other housing
and utility-related allowances including those
for light,heat, furniture, garage rental, service
costs (yard work, cleaning, etc.), and any normal expenditures incurred
to maintain the parsonage. DO NOT ENTER payments
on parsonage-related debts, purchase of land, building, remodeling, and major equipment expenditures here. Report
those expenses on lines
63 and 64.
56. Total amount paid to pastor and associate(s) for accountable reimbursements....................................................................... 56) +
Enter here the total amount paid to all pastors for accountable reimbursements. This includes any reimbursements of expenses incurred by the
pastor(s) based upon a written policy
and/or agreement of the church and pastor(s) in which expenses
are substantiated through receipts or other documentation and must be presented prior to payment
by the church.
These include expenses for travel, continuing education, books, publications
and other expenses related to supporting the ministry and development of the pastor.
DO NOT ENTER reimbursements of expenditures made by the
pastor for local church programs
and operating expenses
here. They should
be reported on lines
61 and 62 below.
57. Total amount paid to pastor and associate(s) for
any other cash allowances (non accountable) ........................................... 57) +
Enter here the total amount paid to all pastors for other cash allowances based upon an agreement of the church and pastor(s).
These include allowances for health or other insurance premiums other than those billed
or apportioned by the annual conference (reported on lines
40b, 51, and 52), travel, continuing education, books,
publications, membership dues, and other allowances related
to supporting the ministry and
development of the pastor. DO NOT ENTER allowances for expenditures made by the pastor for local church programs
and operations here.
They should be reported on lines
61 and 62 below.
58. Total amount paid
in salary and benefits for Deacons.................................................................................................................. 58) +
Report the amounts
paid by the local church
as compensation and expenses for ordained
deacons it employs in specialized ministries. The report total
should include base salary, benefits, reimbursements for expenses such as travel, and allowances such as those
for utilities and housing. DO NOT INCLUDE non-cash
benefits or amounts reported
on lines 51-57.
59. Total amount paid
in salary and benefits for Diaconal Ministers
................................................................................................. 59) +
Report the amounts
paid by the local church
as compensation and expenses for consecrated diaconal ministers it employs. The report
total should include base salary, benefits, reimbursements for expenses such as travel, and allowances such as those
for utilities and housing. DO NOT INCLUDE non-cash
benefits or any amounts
reported on lines
51-57.
60. Total amount paid
in salary and benefits for all other
church staff ............................................................................................. 60) +
Report the amounts
paid by the local church
as salaries, housing,
benefits, expense reimbursements, and allowances for any lay employees who are
not diaconal ministers. DO NOT INCLUDE amounts
reported on lines
51-57.
61. Total amount spent
for local church program expenses .............................................................................................................. 61) +
Report the total of all amounts
spent on local church
program under the direction of the local Church
Council, Council on Ministries, or equivalent body for the purposes
of education, witness, outreach,
mercy, communication, and other ministries. DO NOT INCLUDE amounts
given to support
local or national non-United Methodist
groups and agencies
in their programs.
Those amounts should be reported on line 49.
62. Total amount spent
for other local church operating expenses .................................................................................................. 62) +
Enter the total of current
operating expenses, such as office expense,
expenses for property maintenance and insurance, utilities for the church,
etc. DO NOT INCLUDE
any expenditures
already reported
on lines 40b or 41b-61.
63. Total amount paid for principal and
interest on indebtedness,
loans, mortgages, etc. ............................................................ 63) +
Report here all payments on all loans,
mortgages, etc. DO NOT INCLUDE
principal and interest
on money borrowed and repaid within the current fiscal year. This should be reported
on lines corresponding to the purpose
for which the money was borrowed.
64. Total amount paid on capital expenditures
for building, improvements,
and major equipment purchases. .......................... 64) +
Enter here only amounts paid from contributions, not from loans. Enter any outstanding indebtedness on Lines
38 or 39. Amounts
contributed but not paid out (retained for use in future years) should be included on Line 37. Report the cost of new property
and buildings, major purchases of new equipment or furnishings
(organs or other
musical instruments, heating and cooling
equipment, kitchen equipment, audio–visual
equipment, furnishings) and major renovation. Also include short–term rent.
65. TOTAL AMOUNT
PAID BY THE LOCAL CHURCH ON ALL EXPENDITURES (SUM OF LINES 40b + 41b-64) ..............65) =