Missouri Conference

apportionment model + ask (~$10.25M for 2026, down 1.5%); realized collection rate not in the journal

Apportionments are calculated from local-church expenditures, with a notable restraint (¶301.20): the conference budget's 3-year average growth may not exceed the 3-year average growth in local-church expenditures — a built-in brake on 'apportionments always rising.' 2026 ask $10.25M, down 1.5% from $10.42M.

⚠ Model and ask confirmed; the realized collection percentage is not reported in the journal (no audit included).

2025–26 · Missouri AC 2025 Journal — Standing Rules ¶301.20 + apportionment budget

churches disaffiliated; $18.4M aggregate pension liability

Proceeds governed by ¶2549 generally; no Missouri-specific dedicated reinvestment fund confirmed.

2023 · MOUMC disaffiliation vote

originated the simplified-governance movement

Birthplace of the Healthy Church Initiative, which evolved into the single-board / Simplified Accountable Structure now used denomination-wide. Schnase's former conference.

~2009→ · UM Insight

conference operating reserve fund: $1.54M = 15.03% of the apportioned budget (goal 10%)

Holds reserve funds for operating cash flow with a stated long-term goal of a 10% reserve; sat at 15.03% ($1.54M) at the end of 2024. The $44.4M in the IRS 990 is a separate foundation entity, not the conference's operating reserve.

end of 2024 · Missouri AC 2025 Journal — Conference Reserve Fund policy (CFA §L)