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Partners In Ministry Donation Report There are those times when you simply want to shout "Hurray!" or maybe more appropriately, "Thank you so much!" For example, in my household, there are times when I ask my kids to clean their room before I head off to work. When I get home I fully expect to see the same mess I saw before I left. However, instead of a mess I find a room that is clean and tidy. At that moment I am filled with both jubilation and gratitude, all at the same time. For many years United Mission giving has been on a steady decline. Over the past few years all of us have come to expect this year's giving to be below the previous year's contributions. Given the current state of our economy, it would be understandable to see a decrease in giving in 2008. "Hurray" and "Thank you so much!" As of the close of May's donations we are ahead in United Mission for 2008. This is the fifth straight month we have exceeded last year's contributions. Again, "Hurray" and "Thank you so much!" Not only have our church families increased their giving to United Mission in 2008, so far this year, over $52,000.00 has been received in our Partners In Ministry Emphasis (former Regional Offering). Remember, United Mission and Partners In Ministry along with the America For Christ Offering are ABCOPAD's primary sources of income.  (see Narrative Budget) The 2008 goal for PIM (Partners In Minister) is $95,000.00. In just five months we are well over half way to our goal. A Partners In Ministry report is provided below. This information is included in the WMS reports posted each month on the web site, however we wanted to say thank you to our Partners In Ministry who are helping make our corporate ministry possible in ABCOPAD. So, just in case you missed it. "Hurray!" and "Thank you so much!" for your support of our ministry together. Partners In Ministry January - May 2008 Report

WMS Reports

World Mission Support  Instructions & Forms (pdf file)

ABCOPAD Remittance Form (pdf file)

Direct Access To ABCIS Mission Report (Instructions) (pdf file)

A Word Of Explanation

Explanation of Reports

The Cumulative Church Report by Area is designed to highlight the giving of each church for the specified month, the year to date giving and comparison of year to date giving from the prior year, followed by dollar difference and percentage difference.  It is a quick and easy way for any church member to ascertain what has been received in the regional office for that month, where the year to date giving is in comparison to that exact same time period from the prior year and what the differences are.  Often churches find the ability to measure their giving record, in comparison to other churches in the same area, helpful in determining whether their giving is relative to churches of the same size and situations.  Each category is compared across the report for each line item that may be given to through the monthly mission support process.  It is important to remember that the Cumulative Church Report compares that year's giving to that same month's cumulative giving for the prior year.  A comparison would be useless, unless it was comparing two exact same time periods. 

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msmsmail@abcopad.com
or
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WMS Reports

The following reports are updated on or about the 20th of each month.

 

Pittsburgh Area Year to Date World Mission Support Report (pdf file 65kb)

Contact Person: Interim Area Minister Jim Oldham Pghbaptist@aol.com  or call 412-687-3940

American Baptist Churches of Pennsylvania and Delaware
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