Slashed Church Budget Heads to GC2016
April 5, 2016
- $305.7 million for the World Service Fund that supports 10 of the denomination’s 13 general agencies (including United Methodist Communications, which encompasses United Methodist News Service)
- $104.9 million for the Ministerial Education Fund that supports United Methodist seminaries and provides financial aid for United Methodist seminary students
- $92 million for the Episcopal Fund, which supports active bishops, their support staff, retired bishops, surviving spouses and minor children of deceased bishops
- $41.9 million for the Black College Fund that supports 11 United Methodist-related historically black colleges and universities
- $36.9 million for the General Administration Fund, which supports General Conference, Judicial Council, the United Methodist Commission on Archives and History, and the General Council on Finance and Administration
- Nearly $9.4 million for Africa University in Mutare, Zimbabwe
- $8.2 million for the Interdenominational Cooperation Fund, which supports the church’s ecumenical work
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