How are my donations used?
For information related to these budget areas for the current fiscal year, contact the church finance office for a copy of the budget/congregational report for the prior year. Our budget is currently structured as follows:
Focus Areas
- Local Outreach [on-site evangelism programs, community outreach, local missions such as shelters, crisis pregnancy centers, urban ministries, local campus ministries]
- Global outreach [campus ministries, medical assistance, educational programs, radio broadcasting, hunger relief, Bible translation, church planting/building, discipleship/training, unreached people]
- Assimilation [programs to greet and welcome new individuals/families to the church]
- Discipleship Ministries [programs to nurture believers in their faith and increasing an understanding of the Bible]
- Worship [worship supplies, communion supplies, special publications, guest speakers]
- Worship Support [worship team, accompanists, choir, music ministry, orchestra]
- Adult Ministries [men’s, women’s, singles’ and seniors’ ministries]
- Student Ministries [Jr. High, Sr. High, and college/career programs]
- Children’s Ministries [Christian education, nursery, vbs, clubs, awana]
Administration/operations
- Office/Communications [supplies, postage, printing, Chronicles newsletter, advertising]
- Administrative support [expense reimbursements, pastoral/staff training, pastoral/staff benefits]
- Technology [computers, office equipment, telecommunications, A/V equipment, website]
- Finance [bank charges, annual audit, association memberships, consortium dues]
- Facilities [maintain building/grounds, HVAC, utilities, insurance, non-exempt property tax, furniture]
- Kitchen [general provisions for Sunday beverages and in-house ministry events]
- Mortgage [loan currently held on building only]