mennonite church canada financial trends: healthy or worrisome?
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Mennonite Church Canada Financial Trends:
Healthy or Worrisome?
$1,440 per member
Total Annual Revenue
$58,000,000Annual Schools
Total Annual Revenue
Total Annual Revenue
2.8 % MC Canada
$175 million(not including hospitals, Nursing Homes, seniors facilities, Mennonite Foundation)
Total Revenue
Healthy Trends
Steady increase in Congregational Revenues
Steady increase in Revenues to related ministry organizations
Signs of ongoing generosity
Worrisome Trends
Decreasing support for Area and National churches
Decreased capacity for international ministry.
Weakening the link between the ministry inspired by the church
and the church that inspires the ministry.
Weakened common identity that undergirds our ministry.
Our Challenge:
The church will need to be strong at all levels as we enter
the 21st century with a commitment to engage the world with the reconciling gospel of Jesus Christ.