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North Conference CFA bringing apportionment proposal to annual session
MARION, Ind. - The North Indiana Conference Council on Finance and Administration (CFA) is scheduled to bring in June to the Annual Conference Session in West Lafayette a new look to apportionment giving.
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CFA proposes listening sessions in each of the North Indiana's nine districts. |
According to Brent Williams, conference treasurer, CFA plans to present two bold initiatives this year within their report. One is a new apportionment formula based on the biblical concept of "tithes and offerings." The other initiative is to hold a special North Indiana Conference session, and at that time' members of the conference will be asked to adopt a budget that the Conference can completely fund.
In between the regular annual conference session and the special session of the North Indiana Annual Conference, CFA proposes listening sessions in each of the North Indiana's nine districts. Along with the Strategy Council, the Conference Council on Ministries and the Cabinet, CFA will seek input from church leaders and conference members to answer these questions:
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What is the work of the Annual Conference; what can the Conference do better than the local church; what MUST the Conference do?
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What level of funding are the churches of the Conference willing to provide for Conference ministries?
Together, CFA and the Strategy Council plan to design and bring a budget to the special session that will be in response to the listening sessions and in keeping with the findings.
According to Williams, "CFA has held several discussions with Conference leadership about our (NIC) fiscal condition. While we are in relatively good shape, (if we experience) another year or two like 2004, many of our joint ministries will be in jeopardy."
Indiana Area Bishop Mike Coyner has called for a Special Session of the North Indiana Annual Conference to be held Oct. 8, 2005 at the Granger Community United Methodist Church. The purpose of this Special Session will be to discuss and adopt the 2006 North Indiana Conference Budget. A budget will NOT be presented to the regular session of Annual Conference this June in West Lafayette.
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