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The Agenda for Synod 2019 contains a well thought out proposal for reimagining ministry shares. A wider discussion via this forum will help many members to better understand what is being proposed starting in 2020.
The pension plans for ordained pastors have some really interesting methods of calculating pensions payable. Using country-wide average salaries and excluding clergy housing allowances are but two examples.
The Christmas edition of The Banner was in my mail slot this morning. One of the items that immediately struck me was the complexity of our ministries.
The changes involving Home Missions and World Mission are really significant (lots of time, effort, resources and money are being spent on this). Let's discuss these changes in one place on The Network.
With the recent note on race relations put out by CRC Staff we need this article to show up in this section so we can respond or comment.
The new CRCNA budget process announced in the Banner of November 2013 is slated to go into effect for the 2014/2015 budget year.
What will be the pension for each if these Pastors when they turn 67 in five years?
I am a bit behind on this topic. However to pressure on folks who already work in mostly difficult circumstances this is a difficult position to support.
Page 16 of the January Banner has a notice about a mutual separation of a senior financial officer attached to a college owned by the CRCNA. This it appears after a 100 million dollars worth of "payments" are required in 2017. Where are the overseers of this officer? Where are the auditors?
I spent a fruitful evening going thru this lengthy and complicated (scientific) material. What I was trying to do is match this material to what I understand the mission and vision of the CRCNA to be.