Shares of Ministry Calculation

The Shares of Ministry for the Susquehanna Conference are based on the most recent completed year’s historical data from the Statistical Reports in the Brick River (formerly EZRA) system. For churches that did not submit statistics, the prior year’s shares of ministry are automatically increased by 25%. For all other churches, the total expenses (lines 41A-47), are then reduced by the Daycare/Preschool expenses of those churches that operate such facilities as PART of their church operations. Each church’s percentage share of the total of the adjusted expense for all churches is then applied to the total Shares of Ministry budget for the next year to determine that church’s share.

Once the church’s total amount has been calculated, it is compared to their current year’s total shares of ministry. The action of the Annual Conference approved holding the increase to 20% and CF&A approved the limits to 16% increase and decrease.