Fiscal Year-end
Dan Drea, NACCC Chief Financial Officer
Once again this year, I have the privilege of sharing my thoughts with the Year Round Delegates on the importance of your congregation’s giving to the Shared Ministries Fund (SMF) as we approach the NACCC’s fiscal year end of March 31st. Aided by your efforts, over 90% of member churches consistently make an annual gift to the Shared Ministry Fund (SMF). Nearly 45% of those gifts are Fair Share or Fair Share Plus gifts. A hardy thank you for acting as the NACCC’s conduit to our member churches and the congregations that you serve.
All programs and services that the NACCC provides to member churches depend on an adequately funded SMF. Here is a list of a few or the programs and services that could not be offered without an adequately funded SMF:
- NACCC mission partners could not be supported on a dollar-to-dollar basis.
- Scholarships and grants would not be available to aid the training of future ministers.
- There would not be an Annual Meeting or any of the gatherings offered to adults, youth, or ministers.
- Current and retired ministers could not be supported. Minister’s Convocations would have to be discontinued.
- Job boards would not be available for churches and ministers to connect with each other.
- New churches and churches in conflict would not have a place to turn.
- Financial grants would not be available for churches in need.
- Loans would not be available for congregations to invest in their future.
Staff have begun our annual contact of member churches who have not yet given to the SMF in the current fiscal year. We look forward to the opportunity to dialogue with you on the exciting things happening within the NACCC and your congregations. We hope to continue to partner with you to aid member churches by supporting the NACCC’s SMF. We thank all of you for your past support, providing the financial resources to continue to advance the Congregational Way throughout our country and the world. As some of you know, I will be retiring this year and I want to personally thank you for the opportunity to serve the churches of the NACCC.
