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THEALLIANCE

May 2015

PRESIDENT’S TREND REPORT

Number of U.S. Churches | 1986–2014

1986 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 20141000

1200

1400

1600

1800

2000

2200

Source: General Council Reports

1,9571,691

266

2,018

61

19861988

19901992

19941996

19982000

20022004

20062008

20102012

2014150,000175,000200,000225,000250,000275,000300,000325,000

Source: Church Annual Reports

Sunday Morning Attendance | 1986–201486,471 42,235

Baptisms | 1986–2014

Source: Church Annual Reports

19861988

19901992

19941996

19982000

20022004

20062008

20102012

20146,0007,0008,0009,000

10,00011,00012,00013,00014,000

175,139 baptisms since

2000!

Local Church Income | 1986–2014

Source: Church Annual Reports

19861988

19901992

19941996

19982000

20022004

20062008

20102012

20140

50,000,000100,000,000150,000,000200,000,000250,000,000300,000,000350,000,000400,000,000450,000,000

5.5%*

4.1%*

*Annualized Growth Rates

3.7%*

19861988

19901992

19941996

19982000

20022004

20062008

20102012

20140

4,000,000

8,000,000

12,000,000

16,000,000

District Operating Budget Income | 1986–2014 Excluding Church Planting

Source: Church Annual Reports

4.6%*3.8%*

9.7%*

*Annualized Growth Rates

Church GCF Income | 1986–2014

Source: Church Annual Reports

19861988

19901992

19941996

19982000

20022004

20062008

20102012

20140

5,000,00010,000,00015,000,00020,000,00025,000,00030,000,00035,000,00040,000,000

*Annualized Growth Rates

-0.8%*1.4%*

2.6%*

1986 2014$0

$100,000,000

$200,000,000

$300,000,000

$400,000,000

$500,000,000

Districts GCF Churches

Income Growth Churches, Districts, and GCF | 1986–2014

Income Growth Churches, Districts, and GCF | 1986–2014

Churches Districts GCF0%

100%

200%

300%

400%

500%

600%

390%

94%

568%

1967

19

69

1971

19

73

1975

19

77

1979

90%

95%

100%

105%

110%

Percentage of GCF Budget Realized | 1967–1980

1967

19

69

1971

19

73

1975

19

77

1979

19

81

1983

19

85

1987

19

89

1991

19

93

1995

19

97

1999

90%

95%

100%

105%

110%

Percentage of GCF Budget Realized | 1967–2000

1967 1969 1971 1973 1975 1977 1979 1981 1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001

2003-2004

2005-2006

2007-2008

2009-2010

2011-2012

2013-2014

90%

95%

100%

105%

110%

Percentage of GCF Budget Realized | 1967–2014

9% ($5.2 million)legacy gifts

11% ($3 million)legacy gifts

60's and 70's 1980's 1990's 2000's 2010's-1.0%0.0%1.0%2.0%3.0%4.0%5.0%6.0%7.0%8.0%9.0%

Inflation GCF

Note: 2003–2004 was a 18 month fiscal year but annualized for purposes of presentation

Total GCF Giving | 1967–2014With Annual Growth Percentages

GCF Giving Outpacing Inflation

Inflation Outpacing GCF Giving

89%

79%

Great Commission Fund giving from local churches has dropped from 89% to 79% in the last decade.

Global Staff | 1970–2014Total IWs of the U.S. C&MA

Source: International Ministries

1970 1975 1980 1985 1988 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2013 20140

200

400

600

800

1000

705

508

15443

Total IWs GCF SupportedIFAP/mm CAMA Supported

889

In the last decade, church planting grants have been

reduced by 86%.

$1.4 million $200,000

GCF as a Percentage of Total Church Income | 1986–2014

19861988

19901992

19941996

19982000

20022004

20062008

20102012

20145.00%

10.00%

15.00%

20.00% 18.86%

7.09%

Alliance Ministries as a Percentage of Total Church Income | 1986–2014

19861988

19901992

19941996

19982000

20022004

20062008

20102012

20145.00%

10.00%

15.00%

20.00%

7.95%

19.68%

The Alliance Dollar | 2014Total Church Income Compared to Church Giving to Alliance Ministries

U.S. Alliance Churches

$442Million Alliance Missions

$35Million

What needs to happen in our church so that we would

give at least 10% to the Great Commission Fund?

What would happen if Alliance churches contributed

10% to the Great Commission Fund?

Four Levels of Giving to GCF

GCF LEVEL 1

• Losing ground/impact• Sending fewer workers/teams understaffed• Less church planting support

GCF LEVEL 2

• Holding our ground/maintaining

• Missing opportunities

• International workers remain understaffed/ church planting under-resourced

GCF LEVEL 3

• Church planting resources restored• Current international worker teams appropriately staffed• $4 million in additional GCF giving needed

GCF LEVEL 4

WE GET TO DREAM AGAIN!

More peoples reached! (4,075)

GCF LEVEL 4

WE GET TO DREAM AGAIN!

Greater advances!

GCF LEVEL 4

WE GET TO DREAM AGAIN!

Diaspora in America

GCF LEVEL 4

WE GET TO DREAM AGAIN!

New initiatives

GCF LEVEL 4

WE GET TO DREAM AGAIN!

Repairing “broken walls”

GCF LEVEL 4

WE GET TO DREAM AGAIN!

“No-cost Council?”

GCF LEVEL 4

WE GET TO DREAM AGAIN!

Entrepreneurs released

GCF LEVEL 4

WE GET TO DREAM AGAIN!

International churches?

GCF LEVEL 4

WE GET TO DREAM AGAIN!

Urban church planting?

GCF LEVEL 4

WE GET TO DREAM AGAIN!

What do you long for?

GCF LEVEL 1 GCF LEVEL 2

GCF LEVEL 3 GCF LEVEL 4