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Apportionments

Why do we pay apportionments? (from the MN Annual Conference Website)

Apportionments are a means of sharing our resources in order to spread the gospel more effectively. Jesus taught us to go into the world and make disciples, feed the hungry, heal the sick, and clothe the naked. As long as there are people who are hungry, sick or naked; as long as there are people who are less fortunate, as long as there are people who feel alienated from God, we are required by love and by faith to reach out to them.

John Wesley asked Methodists in his day to share when he instructed those in class meetings to donate a penny per week so that a new Methodist gathering house could be built. Class leaders personally made up the difference when a member was unable to donate. By sharing our resources through apportionments, we can make a huge difference in our world, locally, regionally, nationally and internationally. We can do so much more effectively by sharing our resources than by trying to do so alone. Apportionments also allow an effective United Methodist presence in activities of ecumenical organizations such as the World Service Fund, a General Conference-apportioned fund. Learn more at the Sharing God’s Gifts web site.

Read this brochure from Bishop Sally Dyck for some more great information.