The mission and service fund has had brief periods during which the allocation of its funds has been clear.....
In 1995 the national church released "Because you bear the name of Christ..." with rainbow baptismal font on the cover and a simple pie chart on the back
indicating 49.3% of the dollars were used for what had been identified as mission and service with the balance being administrative.
Mandate for the years 2001/2002 and 2002/2003 offered maps indicating where mission and service dollars were being used in Canada and globally though with discrepancies -- the 2001/2002 edition reported "Global Mission" expenses of $9949000 with only $4461531 dollars or 44.8% accounted for on the global map [pp. vi, iii respectively] and "Congregational Mission & Witness in Canada" expenses of $12607000 with only $5096614 dollars or 40.4% accounted for on the Canada map [pp. vi, iv-v respectively], for a total of $9558145 or 31.2% of the $30680000 mission and service fund contributions for the same period [if "Support for Ordered & Lay Ministry" is included $13627145 or 44.4% of $30680000 mission and service fund contributions for the same period].
The addenda to the executive minutes addenda_2010-11-1315_executive.pdf p.234 gives figures and projections for the years 2010-2013
while abritrary the percent used for non-administrative purposes calculates
as
notes:
i. "other" and "program" are not defined in the document;
and
ii. "conferences" expenses are mostly salaries;
Receipts |
2010
|
2011
|
2012
|
2013
|
Mission and Service Givings |
29800000
|
29303000
|
28815000
|
28335000
|
Mission and Service Bequests |
2400000
|
2360000
|
2257000
|
2218000
|
total receipts |
32200000
|
31663000
|
31072000
|
30553000
|
Disbursements | ||||
Global and Local Partners |
5103000
|
4593000
|
4593000
|
4593000
|
Mission Support |
5000000
|
4500000
|
4500000
|
4500000
|
Theological Colleges and Education |
2140000
|
2033000
|
1926000
|
1926000
|
Other |
1260000
|
1134000
|
1134000
|
1134000
|
subtotal disbursements |
13503000
|
12260000
|
12153000
|
12153000
|
Percent |
41.9%
|
38.7%
|
39.1%
|
39.8%
|
Conferences |
4441000
|
4441000
|
4441000
|
4441000
|
Observer |
132000
|
132000
|
132000
|
132000
|
subtotal disbursements |
18076000
|
16833000
|
16726000
|
16726000
|
Percent |
56.1%
|
53.2%
|
53.8%
|
54.7%
|
Program |
3396000
|
3456000
|
3609000
|
3765000
|
total disbursements |
21472000
|
20289000
|
20335000
|
20491000
|
Percent |
66.7%
|
64.1%
|
65.4%
|
67.1%
|