2010 North Carolina Annual Conference Blog

Christine Dodson, Conference Treasurer, was joined by the chairperson of the Conference Council on Finance and Administration (CF&A), the Rev. Danny Allen, in a special presentation on the financial status of our Annual Conference and The United Methodist Church as a whole.

Our Conference Committee on Finance and Administration presented a revised 2010 budget and a 2011 budget for the Conference. Usually, budgets are determined one year, raised the next year, and spent in the following year. While this is still the normal practice, unusual economic conditions have necessitated adjustments to the 2010 budget. Therefore, the Conference [...]

An amendment to the 2010 budget was presented by the Commission on Clergy Counseling and Consultation that generated heartfelt discussion on the floor of Conference yesterday morning. The amendment would have restored $63,300 to budget line item 45 to which the 2008 Annual Conference had allotted $158,720. After reviewing a standing vote, the bishop ruled [...]

The Committee on Finance and Administration (CF&A) proposed a newly revised 2010 Conference budget that generated discussion yesterday afternoon. In addition to the $367,409 of reductions reported in Wednesday’s The Saddlebag, the amount for the Minister’s Transition Fund (line 83) is recommended to be $0 because the Fund is now self-supported by its cumulative assets. [...]