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How ministry is funded
Connection
Using our gifts
to share in God’s mission
Members and adherents support congregations through offerings and special gifts. According to the statistical reports congregations submitted to the PCC in 2023, $113 million was given to congregations across Canada to do mission and ministry. From those gifts, congregations conduct vibrant ministry in their communities and share in ministry through presbyteries, synods and the denomination.
Congregations cover ministry costs for their communities and share the expenses of presbyteries and synods through an assessment system set by those bodies and they contribute to Presbyterians Sharing— the operating fund of the denomination— based on a recommended allocation set by the General Assembly. Gifts from individuals, groups and businesses, and through numerous legacy funds established by past generations, augment the gifts from congregations.
In addition, congregations and individuals support development, relief and refugee work through Presbyterian World Service & Development and special international and Canadian funds of the Life & Mission Agency. These funds support a wide variety of work, including creative ministry with children and youth, international mission staff, Indigenous ministry in Canada, experimental ministry or projects, short-term training for lay leaders and support for worship leaders.
$0.65 million
was given to other PCC mission funds (Indigenous, international, justice and more)
$2.3 million
was given in bequests to PCC mission and ministry
(Preliminary figures as of Feb 1, 2024; still undergoing final verification and audit.)
The Atlantic Mission Society and Women’s Missionary Society also raise funds to support the work of PCC partners in Canada and around the world. Presbyterian camps are run by presbyteries and synods and rely on registration fees, fundraising and special grants from the denomination. Three theological colleges— Knox College, Presbyterian College, St. Andrew’s Hall/Vancouver School of Theology — are supported through gifts to Presbyterians Sharing and by raising additional funds from individuals, governments and foundations.
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In 2023, over
$11.5 million
was given to support the mission and ministry we share together as The Presbyterian Church in Canada:
$5.3 million
was given to Presbyterians Sharing $2.9 million
was given to Presbyterian World Service & Development
$0.37 million
was given to PWS&D’s account with the Canadian Foodgrains Bank