The United Methodist Church and Apportionments

The key to understanding the apportionment system is understanding the Wesleyan movement itself. From the beginning, it has been a connectional system. Each United Methodist Church is related to every other United Methodist Church through the connectional system.

We share our mutual woes, our mutual burdens bear. Not only that, but we share our joys and ministries as well. We are related to each other in every aspect of our being. Based on the premise that we can do more together than what we can do separately. Some of the ways in which we partner with other United Methodists include:

• Africa University in Zimbabwe provides educational opportunity to students throughout Africa

• Interdenominational Cooperation Fund underwrites cooperative projects among churches, as the American Bible Society.

• Episcopal Fund supports our Bishops and their work

• Ministerial Education Fund supports 13 seminaries and ministerial students

• Black College Fund supports historically Black UM colleges

• World Service provides mission support globally and here at home

• UMCOR provides emergency relief and development for disasters as Hurricane Katrina

These programs and more are supported through our apportioned giving, from each Church according to our ability to share. Based on what we spend on ourselves, apportioned giving is our opportunity to carry on the varied ministries of the United Methodist Church.

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