Organisation
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ANNUAL REVIEW 2008
Contents:
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Ministry and Mission |
Children and Young People |
Caring for Communities|
Social Justice |
God's Creation |
Giving |
Church Directory |
Giving
The regular income of the Church of Scotland comes
from a
number of sources: congregations; funds received by
Councils
and Committees (legacies, donations and grants); investment
income; payments from users of CrossReach services;
other
charitable activities.
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Over 1,400 individual
congregations provide the
Church's principal income. Most
of this comes from the offerings
of members and adherents and
amounted to £60.1 million in
2007. In addition, the tax
recovered on offerings made
under the Gift Aid scheme
amounted to £11.4 million.
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For many years the Church has encouraged its members
to give in a generous and committed way towards the
worship, mission and service of the Church. Stewardship
programmes within congregations encourage members to
review regularly the giving of their time, talents and
money to enable the sharing of the gospel.
In 2007 the Church's sources of income were:
The Church of Scotland spends its
money to enable the sharing of
the gospel in two ways: through
local congregations and through
the Councils of the General
Assembly. The money spent by
the Ministries Council includes
the payment of parish ministers,
deacons and specialist workers
in congregations.
Of the £108.3 million spent by Councils, (including
payment of ministers and other parish staff ), £46.6
million came from Ministries and Mission contributions
received from congregations.
(Please note that congregational
income above includes stipend endowment income but does
not include legacies received by congregations or income
generated for special projects. Overall congregational
income and, therefore, the total funds available to
congregations for local purposes were higher in 2007
than shown.)
In 2007 expenditure was on:
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