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THEALLIANCE
May 2015
PRESIDENT’S TREND REPORT
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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
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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
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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!
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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%*
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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
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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%*
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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
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Income Growth Churches, Districts, and GCF | 1986–2014
Churches Districts GCF0%
100%
200%
300%
400%
500%
600%
390%
94%
568%
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1967
19
69
1971
19
73
1975
19
77
1979
90%
95%
100%
105%
110%
Percentage of GCF Budget Realized | 1967–1980
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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
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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
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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
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89%
79%
Great Commission Fund giving from local churches has dropped from 89% to 79% in the last decade.
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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
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In the last decade, church planting grants have been
reduced by 86%.
$1.4 million $200,000
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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%
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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%
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The Alliance Dollar | 2014Total Church Income Compared to Church Giving to Alliance Ministries
U.S. Alliance Churches
$442Million Alliance Missions
$35Million
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What needs to happen in our church so that we would
give at least 10% to the Great Commission Fund?
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What would happen if Alliance churches contributed
10% to the Great Commission Fund?
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Four Levels of Giving to GCF
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GCF LEVEL 1
• Losing ground/impact• Sending fewer workers/teams understaffed• Less church planting support
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GCF LEVEL 2
• Holding our ground/maintaining
• Missing opportunities
• International workers remain understaffed/ church planting under-resourced
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GCF LEVEL 3
• Church planting resources restored• Current international worker teams appropriately staffed• $4 million in additional GCF giving needed
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GCF LEVEL 4
WE GET TO DREAM AGAIN!
More peoples reached! (4,075)
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GCF LEVEL 4
WE GET TO DREAM AGAIN!
Greater advances!
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GCF LEVEL 4
WE GET TO DREAM AGAIN!
Diaspora in America
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GCF LEVEL 4
WE GET TO DREAM AGAIN!
New initiatives
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GCF LEVEL 4
WE GET TO DREAM AGAIN!
Repairing “broken walls”
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GCF LEVEL 4
WE GET TO DREAM AGAIN!
“No-cost Council?”
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GCF LEVEL 4
WE GET TO DREAM AGAIN!
Entrepreneurs released
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GCF LEVEL 4
WE GET TO DREAM AGAIN!
International churches?
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GCF LEVEL 4
WE GET TO DREAM AGAIN!
Urban church planting?
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GCF LEVEL 4
WE GET TO DREAM AGAIN!
What do you long for?
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GCF LEVEL 1 GCF LEVEL 2
GCF LEVEL 3 GCF LEVEL 4
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