ECUSA Diocesan
Assessments/Payments for 2001

©2002 by Louie Crew.

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The Treasurer of ECUSA provided the pledge/payment data. Communicant data appears in the 2002 Episcopal Church Annual. Computations, ratings and publication were done by Louie Crew acting solely on his own.

Pledges/Payments to ECUSA in 2001
Pledges for 2001 were based on 1999 income.
Diocese Income Percent Pledged Amount Pledged Amount Paid Pledged vs. Paid Communicants Dio. income per communicant Dio. to DFMS per communicant
Alabama 2,112,414 21.000% 443,607 443,607 0 29,546 71.50 15.01
Alaska 620,000 9.853% 62,000 62,000 0 4,449 139.36 13.94
Albany 1,250,125 16.951% 200,020 200,020 0 15,450 80.91 12.95
Arizona 1,729,048 21.000% 363,100 363,100 0 24,890 69.47 14.59
Arkansas 1,152,520 20.008% 230,504 230,504 0 11,570 99.61 19.92
Atlanta 2,633,341 18.997% 579,335 579,335 0 45,462 57.92 12.74
Bethlehem 1,001,190 20.129% 210,250 210,250 0 12,177 82.22 17.27
California 2,738,095 21.000% 575,000 575,000 0 24,119 113.52 23.84
Central Florida 1,940,000 10.461% 194,000 194,000 0 34,234 56.67 5.67
Central Gulf Coast 1,581,271 21.000% 332,067 332,067 0 17,964 88.02 18.49
Central New York 1,288,600 21.000% 270,606 270,606 0 15,870 81.20 17.05
Central Pennsylvania 1,175,386 21.000% 246,831 246,831 0 13,260 88.64 18.61
Chicago 3,014,700 13.035% 482,352 482,352 0 36,297 83.06 13.29
Colorado 1,542,333 17.897% 231,350 222,053 (9,297) 27,852 55.38 8.31
Connecticut 4,200,000 26.442% 1,050,000 1,050,000 0 52,661 79.76 19.94
Dallas 2,522,671 16.801% 428,854 428,854 0 34,708 72.68 12.36
Delaware 1,256,941 21.000% 276,527 276,527 0 10,022 125.42 27.59
East Carolina 1,545,010 21.000% 324,452 324,452 0 15,177 101.80 21.38
East Tennessee 1,300,938 21.000% 273,197 273,197 0 14,499 89.73 18.84
Eastern Michigan 674,776 24.479% 141,703 141,703 0 8,477 79.60 16.72
Eastern Oregon 278,950 20.176% 55,790 55,790 0 2,761 101.03 20.21
Easton 532,571 22.586% 111,840 111,840 0 7,217 73.79 15.50
Eau Claire 195,605 19.960% 41,077 41,088 11 2,123 92.14 19.35
El Camino Real 950,403 24.838% 294,625 294,625 0 12,714 74.75 23.17
Florida 1,816,436 10.551% 199,808 199,808 0 27,454 66.16 7.28
Fond du Lac 421,429 21.025% 88,500 88,500 0 4,627 91.08 19.13
Fort Worth 1,256,086 8.119% 87,926 87,926 0 14,828 84.71 5.93
Georgia 1,349,790 21.000% 283,456 283,456 0 15,308 88.18 18.52
Hawaii 1,011,290 21.000% 212,371 212,371 0 8,137 124.28 26.10
Idaho 301,510 21.000% 63,317 63,317 0 4,804 62.76 13.18
Indianapolis 1,877,867 21.000% 394,352 394,353 1 9,766 192.29 40.38
Iowa 885,152 21.000% 185,882 185,882 0 9,324 94.93 19.94
Kansas 1,315,090 20.988% 276,169 276,169 0 13,017 101.03 21.22
Kentucky 920,000 28.190% 193,200 193,200 0 8,507 108.15 22.71
Lexington 882,319 21.000% 185,287 185,287 0 7,762 113.67 23.87
Long Island 2,522,500 10.845% 302,700 302,700 0 44,036 57.28 6.87
Los Angeles 2,920,435 22.417% 671,700 671,700 0 54,460 53.63 12.33
Louisiana 863,636 20.005% 190,000 190,000 0 15,531 55.61 12.23
Maine 1,082,700 21.000% 227,367 227,367 0 11,610 93.26 19.58
Maryland 2,050,000 28.497% 492,000 492,000 0 36,881 55.58 13.34
Massachusetts 3,840,909 21.081% 845,000 845,000 0 60,042 63.97 14.07
Michigan 1,893,433 21.000% 397,621 397,621 0 24,107 78.54 16.49
Milwaukee 1,122,790 19.893% 235,786 235,786 0 11,902 94.34 19.81
Minnesota 2,188,995 20.905% 459,689 459,689 0 23,863 91.73 19.26
Mississippi 1,725,510 23.363% 362,357 362,357 0 18,079 95.44 20.04
Missouri 984,133 20.982% 206,668 206,668 0 13,338 73.78 15.49
Montana 458,333 11.504% 55,000 55,000 0 5,587 82.04 9.84
Navajoland Area Mission n/a n/a 0
0 729 0.00 0.00
Nebraska 589,318 20.957% 129,650 129,660 10 8,695 67.78 14.91
Nevada 509,729 21.001% 107,043 107,043 0 4,544 112.18 23.56
New Hampshire 1,025,267 21.000% 215,306 215,306 0 13,499 75.95 15.95
New Jersey 2,812,500 4.454% 225,000 225,000 0 39,125 71.88 5.75
New York 4,204,545 21.169% 925,000 925,000 0 46,616 90.20 19.84
Newark 2,394,828 27.988% 694,500 676,546 (17,954) 27,745 86.32 25.03
North Carolina 3,059,719 21.000% 642,541 642,541 0 39,868 76.75 16.12
North Dakota 276,835 13.834% 47,062 47,062 0 1,872 147.88 25.14
Northern California 1,410,110 21.000% 296,123 319,576 23,453 16,037 87.93 18.46
Northern Indiana 589,572 15.025% 106,123 106,123 0 5,890 100.10 18.02
Northern Michigan 352,941 11.932% 60,000 60,000 0 1,655 213.26 36.25
Northwest Texas 905,029 20.103% 190,056 190,059 3 8,115 111.53 23.42
Northwestern Pennsylvania 511,914 21.000% 107,502 107,510 8 4,671 109.59 23.01
Ohio 2,278,714 21.442% 478,530 478,530 0 25,902 87.97 18.47
Oklahoma 1,620,176 21.000% 340,237 340,237 0 15,788 102.62 21.55
Olympia 2,616,981 21.000% 549,566 549,566 0 25,985 100.71 21.15
Oregon 1,599,286 20.268% 335,850 335,850 0 17,636 90.68 19.04
Pennsylvania 3,047,619 21.492% 640,000 640,000 0 44,123 69.07 14.50
Pittsburgh 1,083,618 10.060% 119,198 119,847 649 16,607 65.25 7.18
Quincy 266,514 9.776% 18,656 18,656 0 2,630 101.34 7.09
Rhode Island 1,561,319 21.000% 327,877 327,877 0 19,098 81.75 17.17
Rio Grande 1,400,000 2.056% 28,000 78,095 50,095 13,142 106.53 2.13
Rochester 1,471,500 21.000% 309,015 309,015 0 10,627 138.47 29.08
San Diego 1,200,000 16.968% 192,000 192,000 0 18,473 64.96 10.39
San Joaquin 883,333 10.184% 53,000 53,000 0 8,963 98.55 5.91
South Carolina 1,674,367 8.695% 150,693 150,693 0 22,012 76.07 6.85
South Dakota 375,129 21.000% 78,777 78,777 0 5,926 63.30 13.29
Southeast Florida 2,333,019 21.000% 489,934 489,934 0 30,038 77.67 16.31
Southern Ohio 2,908,155 21.000% 639,794 639,794 0 20,232 143.74 31.62
Southern Virginia 1,505,576 21.001% 316,171 316,171 0 28,567 52.70 11.07
Southwest Florida 2,502,632 17.840% 475,500 446,000 (29,500) 31,723 78.89 14.99
Southwestern Virginia 714,500 21.000% 150,045 150,045 0 11,314 63.15 13.26
Spokane 560,971 21.000% 117,804 117,804 0 7,020 79.91 16.78
Springfield 573,530 21.000% 114,706 114,706 0 5,442 105.39 21.08
Tennessee 859,837 19.128% 163,369 163,369 0 12,329 69.74 13.25
Texas 5,166,788 8.622% 413,343 413,342 (1) 69,021 74.86 5.99
Upper South Carolina 1,933,186 21.000% 405,969 405,969 0 22,940 84.27 17.70
Utah n/a n/a 400,000 400,000 0 5,393 0.00 74.17
Vermont 663,636 11.405% 73,000 73,000 0 9,057 73.27 8.06
Virginia 3,767,314 21.000% 791,136 791,136 0 70,323 53.57 11.25
Washington 2,084,000 24.488% 521,000 521,000 0 31,823 65.49 16.37
West Missouri 1,304,705 21.000% 273,988 273,991 3 10,438 125.00 26.25
West Tennessee 755,724 18.672% 158,702 158,702 0 5,297 142.67 29.96
West Texas 2,661,060 19.750% 532,212 532,212 0 22,868 116.37 23.27
West Virginia 534,062 21.000% 112,153 112,153 0 8,396 63.61 13.36
Western Kansas 189,067 21.000% 39,704 39,704 0 2,374 79.64 16.72
Western Louisiana 829,833 21.002% 174,265 174,265 0 11,366 73.01 15.33
Western Massachusetts 1,644,105 21.000% 345,262 345,262 0 14,340 114.65 24.08
Western Michigan 559,286 21.366% 117,450 113,050 (4,400) 11,010 50.80 10.67
Western New York 976,348 21.125% 205,033 205,033 0 12,757 76.53 16.07
Western North Carolina 1,076,190 20.453% 226,000 226,000 0 14,174 75.93 15.94
Wyoming 527,785 19.514% 105,557 105,557 0 7,159 73.72 14.74
Dioceses: 100 147,279,404 20% 28,764,645 28,777,726 13,081 1,857,843 79.27 4,019.80

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Summary of Diocesan Rankings for 2001
Diocese Amount of Diocesan Income Amount of Pledge Amount per Communicant Percent Pledged
Alabama 23 21 62 14
Alaska 78 91 69 90
Albany 52 59 77 81
Arizona 31 28 66 14
Arkansas 55 49 30 70
Atlanta 14 10 78 7
Bethlehem 62 56 46 14
California 12 11 14 14
Central Florida 26 61 98 90
Central Gulf Coast 37 33 41 14
Central New York 49 46 48 14
Central Pennsylvania 54 47 39 14
Chicago 8 17 73 81
Colorado 40 53 87 84
Connecticut 3 1 28 3
Dallas 16 22 79 78
Delaware 50 42 7 7
East Carolina 39 35 22 14
East Tennessee 48 45 38 14
Eastern Michigan 76 73 51 14
Eastern Oregon 94 93 26 70
Easton 85 80 59 14
Eau Claire 97 97 34 14
El Camino Real 65 40 18 1
Florida 30 60 89 87
Fond du Lac 90 85 36 14
Fort Worth 51 86 95 95
Georgia 45 41 40 14
Hawaii 61 55 9 14
Idaho 93 90 76 14
Indianapolis 29 27 2 14
Iowa 68 66 29 14
Kansas 46 43 23 14
Kentucky 66 62 20 14
Lexington 70 67 13 14
Long Island 17 39 92 85
Los Angeles 9 6 80 6
Louisiana 71 65 81 7
Maine 58 50 33 14
Maryland 25 15 71 5
Massachusetts 4 3 68 7
Michigan 28 26 52 14
Milwaukee 56 48 32 14
Minnesota 22 19 35 14
Mississippi 32 29 27 14
Missouri 63 57 60 14
Montana 89 94 86 85
Navajoland Area Mission n/a 100 100 n/a
Nebraska 80 74 64 7
Nevada 88 82 15 14
New Hampshire 60 54 57 14
New Jersey 11 52 97 93
New York 2 2 31 7
Newark 19 5 11 2
North Carolina 6 7 55 14
North Dakota 95 96 10 78
Northern California 43 36 43 14
Northern Indiana 79 83 44 77
Northern Michigan 92 92 3 78
Northwest Texas 67 64 16 14
Northwestern Pennsylvania 87 81 19 14
Ohio 21 18 42 14
Oklahoma 35 31 21 14
Olympia 15 12 24 14
Oregon 36 32 37 14
Pennsylvania 7 8 67 14
Pittsburgh 57 75 90 87
Quincy 96 99 91 96
Rhode Island 38 34 47 14
Rio Grande 44 88 99 98
Rochester 42 38 6 14
San Diego 53 63 85 81
San Joaquin 69 95 96 97
South Carolina 33 71 93 92
South Dakota 91 87 72 14
Southeast Florida 20 16 54 14
Southern Ohio 10 9 4 7
Southern Virginia 41 37 83 14
Southwest Florida 18 20 63 75
Southwestern Virginia 75 72 74 14
Spokane 82 76 49 14
Springfield 81 77 25 70
Tennessee 72 69 75 75
Texas 1 23 94 93
Upper South Carolina 27 24 45 14
Utah n/a 25 1 n/a
Vermont 77 89 88 87
Virginia 5 4 82 14
Washington 24 14 53 4
West Missouri 47 44 8 14
West Tennessee 74 70 5 14
West Texas 13 13 17 70
West Virginia 84 79 70 14
Western Kansas 98 98 50 14
Western Louisiana 73 68 61 14
Western Massachusetts 34 30 12 14
Western Michigan 83 78 84 14
Western New York 64 58 56 14
Western North Carolina 59 51 58 14
Wyoming 86 84 65 70

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From those to whom much is given, much shall be required.
From the wealthiest to the poorest.
Red indicates low ratings for the wealthiest twenty-five percent.
Green indicates high ratings for the poorest twenty-five percent.
Rank Diocese Income Amount of Pledge Amount per Communicant Percent Pledged
1 Texas 5,166,788 23 94 93
2 New York 4,204,545 2 31 7
3 Connecticut 4,200,000 1 28 3
4 Massachusetts 3,840,909 3 68 7
5 Virginia 3,767,314 4 82 14
6 North Carolina 3,059,719 7 55 14
7 Pennsylvania 3,047,619 8 67 14
8 Chicago 3,014,700 17 73 81
9 Los Angeles 2,920,435 6 80 6
10 Southern Ohio 2,908,155 9 4 7
11 New Jersey 2,812,500 52 97 93
12 California 2,738,095 11 14 14
13 West Texas 2,661,060 13 17 70
14 Atlanta 2,633,341 10 78 7
15 Olympia 2,616,981 12 24 14
16 Dallas 2,522,671 22 79 78
17 Long Island 2,522,500 39 92 85
18 Southwest Florida 2,502,632 20 63 75
19 Newark 2,394,828 5 11 2
20 Southeast Florida 2,333,019 16 54 14
21 Ohio 2,278,714 18 42 14
22 Minnesota 2,188,995 19 35 14
23 Alabama 2,112,414 21 62 14
24 Washington 2,084,000 14 53 4
25 Maryland 2,050,000 15 71 5
26 Central Florida 1,940,000 61 98 90
27 Upper South Carolina 1,933,186 24 45 14
28 Michigan 1,893,433 26 52 14
29 Indianapolis 1,877,867 27 2 14
30 Florida 1,816,436 60 89 87
31 Arizona 1,729,048 28 66 14
32 Mississippi 1,725,510 29 27 14
33 South Carolina 1,674,367 71 93 92
34 Western Massachusetts 1,644,105 30 12 14
35 Oklahoma 1,620,176 31 21 14
36 Oregon 1,599,286 32 37 14
37 Central Gulf Coast 1,581,271 33 41 14
38 Rhode Island 1,561,319 34 47 14
39 East Carolina 1,545,010 35 22 14
40 Colorado 1,542,333 53 87 84
41 Southern Virginia 1,505,576 37 83 14
42 Rochester 1,471,500 38 6 14
43 Northern California 1,410,110 36 43 14
44 Rio Grande 1,400,000 88 99 98
45 Georgia 1,349,790 41 40 14
46 Kansas 1,315,090 43 23 14
47 West Missouri 1,304,705 44 8 14
48 East Tennessee 1,300,938 45 38 14
49 Central New York 1,288,600 46 48 14
50 Delaware 1,256,941 42 7 7
51 Fort Worth 1,256,086 86 95 95
52 Albany 1,250,125 59 77 81
53 San Diego 1,200,000 63 85 81
54 Central Pennsylvania 1,175,386 47 39 14
55 Arkansas 1,152,520 49 30 70
56 Milwaukee 1,122,790 48 32 14
57 Pittsburgh 1,083,618 75 90 87
58 Maine 1,082,700 50 33 14
59 Western North Carolina 1,076,190 51 58 14
60 New Hampshire 1,025,267 54 57 14
61 Hawaii 1,011,290 55 9 14
62 Bethlehem 1,001,190 56 46 14
63 Missouri 984,133 57 60 14
64 Western New York 976,348 58 56 14
65 El Camino Real 950,403 40 18 1
66 Kentucky 920,000 62 20 14
67 Northwest Texas 905,029 64 16 14
68 Iowa 885,152 66 29 14
69 San Joaquin 883,333 95 96 97
70 Lexington 882,319 67 13 14
71 Louisiana 863,636 65 81 7
72 Tennessee 859,837 69 75 75
73 Western Louisiana 829,833 68 61 14
74 West Tennessee 755,724 70 5 14
75 Southwestern Virginia 714,500 72 74 14
76 Eastern Michigan 674,776 73 51 14
77 Vermont 663,636 89 88 87
78 Alaska 620,000 91 69 90
79 Northern Indiana 589,572 83 44 77
80 Nebraska 589,318 74 64 7
81 Springfield 573,530 77 25 70
82 Spokane 560,971 76 49 14
83 Western Michigan 559,286 78 84 14
84 West Virginia 534,062 79 70 14
85 Easton 532,571 80 59 14
86 Wyoming 527,785 84 65 70
87 Northwestern Pennsylvania 511,914 81 19 14
88 Nevada 509,729 82 15 14
89 Montana 458,333 94 86 85
90 Fond du Lac 421,429 85 36 14
91 South Dakota 375,129 87 72 14
92 Northern Michigan 352,941 92 3 78
93 Idaho 301,510 90 76 14
94 Eastern Oregon 278,950 93 26 70
95 North Dakota 276,835 96 10 78
96 Quincy 266,514 99 91 96
97 Eau Claire 195,605 97 34 14
98 Western Kansas 189,067 98 50 14
n/a Navajoland Area Mission n/a 100 100 n/a
n/a Utah n/a 25 1 n/a

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What to Do with this Information

I hope this information will enhance discussions about stewardship in each diocese.   The book of Acts reports harsh judgments on those who did not give their fair share when individuals in the early church pooled their resources.  While not so harsh, our canons calls for transparency in stewardship so that we can be accountable to one another.

It is important to remember that money given to ECUSA funds mission to the uttermost parts of the earth.  Those who withhold their fair share, reduce not just the funding of the bureaucracy at the Episcopal Church Center in NYC, but quite literally

Several bishops have told me that the House of Bishops has not had any discussions for several years about our stewardship obligations to one another. Bishops need that discussion. Diocesan conventions need that discussion. Most vestries already have that discussion.

I believe that it is wrong for individuals to vote with our pledges. See "On voting with your church pledges" I believe it is just as wrong for parishes or dioceses to vote with their pledges. It is God's money, not ours, once we give it.

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Missing Dioceses

The treasurer has released data only for the 100 domestic dioceses. Title 1, Canon 6i does not exempt any diocese from providing the data. The eight non-domestic dioceses are Colombia (9), Dominican Republic (9), Ecuador (9)(actually two dioceses), Europe (2) Haiti (2), Honduras (9), Taiwan (8), and the Virgin Islands (2). Numbers in parentheses indicate the province in which the diocese participates.

The Bishop in Charge of the Convocation of American Church has complained to me and to the ECUSA about his See's not being reported.

Several dioceses receive aid from ECUSA. The canons specify:  Every Bishop and Diocese receiving aid from the Council shall report at the close of each fiscal year to the Council, giving account of the work in the Diocese supported in whole or in part by the Council."   Title 1, Canon 7b.  It would be nice to see these reports.

Title 1, canon 8 specifies: "The Council, as soon as practicable after the close of each fiscal year, shall make an publish a full report of its work to the church."  Reports for recent years have not accounted for the receipts from and disbursements to the eight non-domestic dioceses  

Nor has ECUSA kept and reported correct parochial data  for the eight non-domestic dioceses. The reports of their communicants and attendance have been the same for over a decade in The Episcopal Church Annual.  

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Utah

Title 1, Canon 6i specifies "Each diocese shall annually report to the Executive Council such financial information as may be required in a form authorized by Executive Council" --page 33 of the 2000 Constitution and Canons.  Utah has not complied with that canon in several years.

However, Utah reports on its website revenues for 2001 of $6,431,477. That makes it even wealthier than Texas, yet with a pledge of only 6% of that amount to ECUSA, in a tie with Rio Grande for 97th out of 100 domestic dioceses in percent given to ECUSA.

Much of the diocesan income derives from the 1987 sale of St. Mark's Hospital. Bishop Carolyn Irish reported several new ways of doing business in her address to the October 4-5, 2002 convention:

The first renovation has involved the dissolution of the Corporation of the Bishop, which had given control of all proceeds from the Trust to the Bishop, not the Corporation of the Episcopal Diocese of Utah. With the dissolution of this structure, came the opening of all our financial books, and a shared and transparent process of budgeting our resources.

Click here for her address in its entirety

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Navajoland

Navajoland has not complied with the canon either, and no Navajo contributions to the Episcopal Church have been reported in any of the recent years.

My own stewardship was shaped in part by the envelopes I was given in Sunday School at age 5.  I understood that the nickle I contributed as a tithe of my first allowance was, by the mystery of faith, just as important as the large tithes of the wealthiest members of the congregation.

Navajos are generous people.  Is it not racism that apparently no one has had a conversation with them about the importance of any mite they may contribute?  

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Texas

Every family has a freeloader.  It is unfortunate that ECUSA's is our wealthiest diocese -- the Diocese of Texas -- which is 94th in contributions to ECUSA per communicant and 93rd in the percent of its annual income given to ECUSA. I recently wrote a leader in that diocese: "I was a bit taken aback by Texas' poor showing.  Any gloss on that?"  The response:

I think that I can explain it, but the history of this goes back before my time.  Before I arrived in the Diocese, somewhere around 19xx, under Bishop Benitez the diocese voted to make national church support a matter for local option.  This means that support of national church program is left to the discretion of the local vestry or Bishop's Committee.  In reaction to
national church policies, a vast majority elected not to support this. This, of course, reflects the growing alienation from local, regional (diocesan) and national church entities, something that has been well documented in numerious studies and research.  For example, see the data
from the recent study by Hartford seminary.

Under Bishop Payne a new concept for support of program was put forth. It is called "Mission Funding" where all Diocese funding for programs is optional to the local congregation.  Diocesan ministries are displayed for local leaders in our Mission Catalog.  This has raised diocese support considerably.  This is consistent with research on the patterns of behavior of Boomers and younger generations.

We asked the national church office to allow us to place ministries that we felt would be supported by local folks into our catalog.  They refused telling us that "it is all or nothing."  So we continued our program.

Of course, a choice once designated to folks on the local level is impossible to take back.  Bishop Payne has stated publically that he wants the diocese to contribute more and urged leaders on the local level to do so.  Increasing opportunities for mission in the local community has taken president over national church items.  However, our overall dollar support to the national church has increased in the past few years.

Leaders of the Episcopal Church who care about the future of our community would do well to read Lyle Schaller's new book, The New Context for Ministry: Competing for the charitable dollar.  which was just released.  He covers the issues facing all of us in the new economy especially since 9/11.

There are very few dioceses with either the foresight or courage to trust people on the local level to determine diocesan priorities.  So what looks like a poor showing to you based on the value of "supporting the denomination's agenda" is a remarkable mission showing based on "the needs perceived on the local level."  These are two very different ways of
determining priorities.

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Newark

The Diocese of Newark gives 25% percent of diocesan earnings annually, regardless of the ECUSA asking. Newark computes that 25% on the current year, rather than on two years earlier, as ECUSA does. Newark's contributions for 2001 show up in the tables as a 28%; the 2001 amount was indeed 28% of the 1999 income on which ECUSA computes the table, but it is only 25% of the actual 2001 income.

Newark pays fully, but only when the moneys are received. Many parishes pay the diocese late, and the diocese pays the 25% on those payments when they are received, not in advance.

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New Jersey

New Jersey is our 11th wealthiest diocese, but 93rd in percent of diocesan income and 97th in the amount per communicant give to the ECUSA budget.   Is New Jersey letting the ECUSA subsidize its huge pay-off to Bishop Joe Doss to have him leave early?

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Europe

From: "Rt. Rev. Pierre Whalon" Bppwhalon@aol.com

Dear Louie,

I have not been able to reply to your query due to my travel schedule, but we did file the required report. I guess I'll have to see whether it was received at 815.

Europe gives 20% of our parish assessments to the D&FMS. In 2001 that was $17,000. Next year it will be $20,000. We do not include endowment income yet, as we are not officially a diocese, though we behave like one (see Article XI). We receive funding from the D&FMS as follows:

Triennial grant: $19,000/yr. Package for bishop=$93,000 salary+housing, plus insurances and pension (Convocation pays travel and office expenses). Some support from Anglican/Global Relations for various ministries.

One issue that is very important to realize is that Europe is as much a mission field as anywhere else. Most countries report a minority of people who have any religion or spirituality at all--France being the worst. We serve all sorts and conditions of people, contrary to our image of being, as one of my priests said, "rich Americans playing at church while waiting for the next steamer for New York." 500,000 Americans live in the five countries where we presently have churches, not to mention British and other anglophones. Almost none are wealthy. Most of us live "on the economy" and pay European-level taxes. We also run several outreach ministries, including refugees, homeless, and prisoners.

Then we have the nationals who are attracted to us. The 2002 Convention just admitted La Mission St Martin as an unorganized mission, our first all-French congregation. Two more are in the wings.

We thank God for the outstanding clergy and lay leadership we have here. The reason it is so good is that keeping a congregation going here is much harder than in the States. We are always looking for people who will work in an atmosphere of studied indifference to the church, will put in long hours for little money, and who do not imagine ministry in Europe is any more glamorous than it is anywhere else. Anyone interested can write me at the above address.

Thank you Louie for your very helpful work.

+Pierre Whalon
Bishop in Charge
Convocation of American Churches in Europe

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The Amount Held Back
by Dioceses Not Giving Their Share
I.e., the amount needed to make their contributions 21% of their income
DioceseAmt. not given
Alaska68,200
Albany62,506
Arkansas11,525
Central Florida213,400
Chicago150,735
Colorado92,540
Dallas100,907
Eastern Oregon2,789
Florida181,644
Fort Worth175,852
Long Island227,025
Montana41,250
New Jersey365,625
North Dakota11,073
Northern Indiana17,687
Northern Michigan14,118
Pittsburgh108,362
Quincy37,312
Rio Grande266,000
San Diego60,000
San Joaquin132,500
South Carolina200,924
Southwest Florida50,053
Springfield5,735
Tennessee17,197
Texas671,682
Utah945,427
Vermont66,364
West Texas26,611
Wyoming5,278
Total:      $4,330,321

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