2. THEALLIANCE May 2015 PRESIDENT’S TREND REPORT

3. Number of U.S. Churches | 1986–2014 Source: General Council Reports 1,957 1,691 266 2,018 61

4. Source: Church Annual Reports Sunday Morning Attendance | 1986–2014 86,471 42,235

5. Baptisms | 1986–2014 Source: Church Annual Reports 175,139 baptisms since 2000!

6. Local Church Income | 1986–2014 Source: Church Annual Reports 5.5%* 4.1%* * Annualized Growth Rates 3.7%*

7. District Operating Budget Income | 1986–2014 Excluding Church Planting Source: Church Annual Reports 4.6%* 3.8%* 9.7%* *Annualized Growth Rates

8. Church GCF Income | 1986–2014 Source: Church Annual Reports * Annualized Growth Rates -0.8%*1.4%* 2.6%*

9. Income Growth Churches, Districts, and GCF | 1986–2014

10. Income Growth Churches, Districts, and GCF | 1986–2014 568%

11. Percentage of GCF Budget Realized | 1967–1980

12. Percentage of GCF Budget Realized | 1967–2000

13. Percentage of GCF Budget Realized | 1967–2014 9% ($5.2 million) legacy gifts 11% ($3 million) legacy gifts

14. Note: 2003–2004 was a 18 month fiscal year but annualized for purposes of presentation Total GCF Giving | 1967–2014 With Annual Growth Percentages GCF Giving Outpacing Inflation Inflation Outpacing GCF Giving

15. 89% 79% Great Commission Fund giving from local churches has dropped from 89% to 79% in the last decade.

16. Global Staff | 1970–2014 Total IWs of the U.S. C&MA Source: International Ministries 889

17. In the last decade, church planting grants have been reduced by 86%. $1.4 million  $200,000

19. GCF as a Percentage of Total Church Income | 1986–2014 18.86% 7.09%

20. Alliance Ministries as a Percentage of Total Church Income | 1986–2014 7.95% 19.68%

21. The Alliance Dollar | 2014 Total Church Income Compared to Church Giving to Alliance Ministries $35 Million

22. What needs to happen in our church so that we would give at least 10% to the Great Commission Fund?

23. What would happen if Alliance churches contributed 10% to the Great Commission Fund?

24. Four Levels of Giving to GCF

26. GCF LEVEL 1 Losing ground/impact Sending fewer workers/teams understaffed Less church planting support

28. GCF LEVEL 2 Holding our ground/maintaining Missing opportunities International workers remain understaffed/ church planting under-resourced

30. GCF LEVEL 3 Church planting resources restored Current international worker teams appropriately staffed $4 million in additional GCF giving needed

32. GCF LEVEL 4 WE GET TO DREAM AGAIN! More peoples reached! (4,075)

33. GCF LEVEL 4 WE GET TO DREAM AGAIN! Greater advances!

34. GCF LEVEL 4 WE GET TO DREAM AGAIN! Diaspora in America

35. GCF LEVEL 4 WE GET TO DREAM AGAIN! New initiatives

36. GCF LEVEL 4 WE GET TO DREAM AGAIN! Repairing “broken walls”

37. GCF LEVEL 4 WE GET TO DREAM AGAIN! “No-cost Council?”

38. GCF LEVEL 4 WE GET TO DREAM AGAIN! Entrepreneurs released

39. GCF LEVEL 4 WE GET TO DREAM AGAIN! International churches?

40. GCF LEVEL 4 WE GET TO DREAM AGAIN! Urban church planting?

41. GCF LEVEL 4 WE GET TO DREAM AGAIN! What do you long for?

42. GCF LEVEL 1GCF LEVEL 2 GCF LEVEL 3GCF LEVEL 4