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Membership and Evangelism
Details
Contact Name Name of point person we should contact about this form.
Contact Email Email of the point of contact regarding answers provided here.
Please enter/edit your Alliance.ca magazine count if necessary
Please edit/enter your website if necessary
What is the cultural heritage of your church (main service)?
What is the language spoken in your main service?
Additional Comments for heritage or language
Membership
Membership Reported Last YearA.______
Official voting membership excluding honorary, associate members, etc.
This number will be automatically supplied on your online form. (You can also view it on your last year’s submission and you can get a copy of what you submitted from the LCAR website (or email to request). Enter‘total current membership’from last year’s report.
New Members by CMA Transfer Transferred from another C&MA church.
B.
Other New Members New members received into membership
C.
TOTAL NEW MEMBERS (B + C)
D.______
Members Lost Number of members removed from membership list for any reason.
E..
TOTAL MEMBERSHIP (A + D – E)
F.______
Adherents Non-members who consider this their church. Include children.
G.
INCLUSIVE MEMBERSHIP (F + G)
______
Evangelism
Professions of Faith
Children (12 and under)
Teens (13 - 19 years of age)
Adults (20 years and older)
Baptisms
Children (12 and under)
Teens (13 - 19 years of age)
Young Adults (20 - 29 years of age)
Adults (30 - 49 years of age)
Adults (50 plus)
Parental Influence (Re Baptisms)
Of those baptized, indicate the number who would identify one of the following as their primary parental influence. One per person. Please make sure you mark something for each person baptized even if “unknown”.
Roman Catholic
Mainline Protestant
Conservative/Evangelical Protestant
Orthodox (Eastern)
Jewish
Muslim
Hindu
Buddhist
Sikh
Other Eastern Religion (Baha'i, etc.)
Other (including Unitarian, cults, etc.)
No religious affiliation (atheist, agnostic, etc.)
Unknown / did not ask
Church Services
MAIN SERVICE(S) TOTAL (a + b + c+ d)
Average ofmainservice of the weekend. If more than 1mainservice, average total per weekend. Please include all congregations (e.g. language groups, offsite groups) in this figure. Report attendees only once (e.g. if some participate in two services, count only once).
PLEASE BREAK DOWN YOUR MAIN SERVICE NUMBER INTO THE FOLLOWING SEGMENTS
Nursery and Pre-school
a.
Grades 1 - 6
b.
Grades 7 - 12
c.
Adult
d.
OTHER SERVICES
Sunday PM Service(s) - Average Attendance Average of Sunday evening service where this is not your main service.
Midweek Ministries - Cumulative Average Attendance Add together the average attendance of meetings(e.g. Prayer, Cells, Care Groups, etc.).
Church Education & Auxiliary Ministries
Church Education
Average attendance (e.g. Sunday School, Family Bible Hour, any Sunday Graded Teaching Time, etc.). Report attendance by age, no matter how the classes are grouped.
Preschool
Grades 1 - 6
Grades 7 - 9
Grades 10 - 12
College and Career
Adult
Teachers and Staff
Clubs
Boys (average, separate if co-ed)
Girls (average, separate if co-ed)
Youth Ministries
Junior High - Grades 7 - 9 (average attendance, report separately)
Senior High - Grades 10 - 12 (average attendance, report separately)
Young Adults
Young Adult (average attendance)
Seniors Ministry
Seniors Ministry (average attendance)
AuxiliaryMinistries
Alliance Men (average attendance)
Alliance Women (average attendance)
Assets
Property Assets (as of December 31,LastYear).Report in whole dollars
Church Assets
Church Property (land): Appraised land value. Do not use Property Tax Assessment Form to establish value.
Church Building (owned/buying): Appraised, best-use market value regardless of type of structure.
Church Furniture: Furniture and fixtures at their combined insurable values in church/rented facility.
Parsonage Assets
Parsonage Property (land): Appraised land value. Do not use Property Tax Assessment Form to establish value.
Parsonage Building(owned/buying): Appraised, best-use market value regardless of type of structure.
Parsonage Furniture (owned/buying): Furniture and fixtures owned by the church at their combined insurable values.
Other Assets
Other Property (land): Appraised land value.
Other Building (owned/buying): Appraised, best-use market value regardless of type of structure.
Other Furniture: Other furniture and fixtures owned by the church at their combined insurable values.
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Debt
Property debt (as of December 31,LastYear).Report in whole dollars.
Church Debt
Debt to Royal Bank
Debt to other lending institution(s)
Lending institution(s) name(s)
Debt to individuals, personal loans, district loans
Parsonage Debt
Debt to Royal Bank
Debt to other lending institution
Lending institution(s) name(s)
Debt to individuals, personal loans, district loans
Other Debt
Debt to Royal Bank
Debt to other lending institution(s)
Lending institution(s) name(s)
Debt to individuals, personal loans, district loans
Church Finances
Church Income
Report audited figures if available. Revised figures should be reported if the final auditedfigures differ from the unaudited figures by more than 1%.Report income in whole dollars only.
Offerings:Total offerings including designated funds for local church, Sunday School, Alliance Women, Alliance Men, Youth Ministries, Building Fund, Missions, etc.
1.
Building Fund Offerings:The portion of offerings designated building fund and included in 'Offerings' above.
Bequests: Funds received from estates.
2.
Other: Funds received from all other sources including district or national subsidies. Do not include loans from individuals, banks, or lending institutions.
3.
Church Expenses
Local Church Expenses: Ministry Expenses, Salaries, Building Maintenance, Purchase of Supplies and Furnishings (if not funded as Capital Expense), Interest on non-capital loans, etc.
a.
Capital Debt Reduction: Debt principal payments towards land, buildings and furnishings.
b.
Short Term Missions Teams (C&MA sponsored)
c.
Short Term Missions Teams (non-C&MA Sponsored)
d.
Global Advance Fund:All funds sent to National Ministry Centre (30 Carrier Dr, Toronto) for Global Advance Fund.
e.
C&MA Designated Specials: All funds sent to National Ministry Centre for Designated Specials, Special Projects, Approved Overseas Specials, etc.
f.
District Operating Budget: All funds sent to District for operation budget.
g.
C&MA Canadian Ministries: Funds sent to the district office for Canadian Ministries. Do not include District Operating Budget.
h.
C&MA Multicultural Associations: Funds sent to a C&MA Multicultural Associations (e.g. CCACA, CFAM, AVAC, FNACC, etc.).
i.
Ambrose / IBVIE: Funds sent directly to Ambrose or IBVIE.
j.
Non C&MA Ministries: Funds forwarded to ministries in Canada and abroad other than to C&MA.
k.
Other Expenditures: Other Expenditures not included in the above (i.e.: capital debt interest). Do not include capital expenditures for land, buildings, etc. covered by bank loans.
l.
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