Conference profile
Large; heavy disaffiliation; sizable designated reserves.
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% of apportionments paid, all districts (2024); district range 84.8%–93.9%
'Fair-share' computed from each church's reported spending. 2024 conference-wide collection was 89.1% ($9.61M of $10.78M); the 2026 budget caps the apportionment increase passed to local churches at 3%.
2024 · Florida AC 2025 Journal — Apportionments Paid by District 2024
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churches disaffiliated (2023); proceeds steered toward new churches
Lost ~175 churches to disaffiliation. Channels resources into a budgeted New Church Fund and Fresh Expressions / New Church Development rather than holding — though no single closed-property proceeds policy is stated.
2023 / budget 2026 · Florida AC 2025 Journal — CF&A budget (New Church Fund)
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conference's own structure: numbered Task Teams under a Committee on Leadership
The conference runs on an aligned structure of numbered Task Teams (oversight, extended-connection leadership, focused and standing task teams) coordinated by a Conference Committee on Leadership, and recently used 'alignment teams' to streamline its districts. Also promotes SAS for local churches.
2025 · Florida AC 2025 Journal — Committee on Leadership report
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total net assets (combined, audited): $117.2M unrestricted + $117.8M restricted
By far the largest cushion in this set — $235.0M total net assets (up from $207.4M) on $268.8M of assets, split almost evenly between unrestricted and donor-restricted. Combined conference + districts.