How your gift is used
2011 Pentecost Offering Receipts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$1,263,807
This figure includes the estimated 40 percent ($505,523) retained by congregations for ministries with children at risk in local communities. The General Assembly Mission Council’s allocation of the Pentecost Offering was used as follows:
Ministries with Youth & Young Adults (60 percent). . . . . . .$758,284
Disbursements (after expenses)
Child Advocacy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$91,151
Ministries with Youth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $235,410
National Young Adult Volunteers . . . . . . . . . . $117,677
International Young Adult Volunteers. . . . . . $117,677
Total Pentecost Offering Disbursements. . . . . $561,915
Expenses
*Fundraising Costs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $158,454
Shared Services Allocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$37,915
Total Expenditures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$196,369
*Fundraising costs are 13% when taken as a percentage of estimated churchwide proceeds.
