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Apportionment collection

How much of what is asked actually gets paid — and how is the ask set?

Apportionments are the dues each church pays to the conference. The share paid varies enormously, and conferences don't even compute the ask the same way — some tithe on income, some use a two-factor formula, some a fair-share of spending.

Río Texas

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68.5%Confirmed

% of apportionment ask paid (GCFA TOTAPP vs APPPAID, conference-wide)

CF&A formula (¶613–614). Collections fell from 92.8% in 2016 as churches disaffiliated. The 2024 shortfall is $2.0M, and it is top-heavy: ten churches account for 44% of it, though 99 of 243 reporting churches underpaid.

⚠ GCFA self-reported figures; the conference's audited-finance number rounds to ~69%. The 2016 baseline (92.8%) matches the audited figure exactly.

2024 · Atlas — Río Texas Vital Signs (GCFA local-church statistics)

North Georgia

92.7%Confirmed

% of apportionment budget paid

Two-factor formula (membership + financial, 2-yr average). Among the highest-paying conferences in the denomination.

2024 · NGUMC apportionment release

Texas Annual

72.2%Confirmed

% of total apportionments received (2024); recovered from 51.7% in 2023

'Askings' model. Collections cratered to 51.7% in 2023 as ~46% of the financial base disaffiliated, then recovered to 72.2% in 2024 on a smaller ($9.2M) budget.

2024 · Texas AC 2024 audit — Apportionment Receipts Comparison (Addendum A)

Indiana

~85%Reported

% of churches paying their full mission share (NOT dollar-weighted)

Mission share framed as a 'tithe' of church income.

⚠ This counts churches paying in full, not dollars collected — a different metric.

2024 · INUMC 2025 AC summary

Missouri

Expenditure-based, growth-cappedReported

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

Florida

89.1%Confirmed

% 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