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Office for Regional
Conference Ministry


7000 Adventist Blvd.
Huntsville, AL 35896
Ph  (256) 830-5002
Fax (256) 830-5078
 

The Regional Conference Retirement Plan

Those who are aware of our brief history know that its existence is an act of God. Humans cannot know the times and the seasons and could not have orchestrated the circumstances that led to its creation. It had to be the Lord. Its simple mission is to provide a reasonable retirement for those workers who have made Herculean sacrifices over their life times “for the good of the work.” The funds are provided from the bounty that the people of God have faithfully placed into the storehouse. Happily and thankfully these workers are also part and parcel of the faithful who have given their lives in time and talent. The work of the Lord is not easy and the faithful do not do it for the “loaves and fishes.” Therefore when it is time for them to lay down their burdens after a life of sacrifice and joy, normal living should not be a strain.


 
Features @-a-Glance


Date Started: Jan 1, 2000
Potential Covered: 1,780
Retirees as of 04: 110
Sponsors: 9 Regional Conferences
Cash Invested Close of 04: $61 M
Funded:
10.25% of tithes from the 9 Conferences
# of Yrs for Vesting: 5
# of Yrs of Service for Full Benefits: 30
What % of salary calculated for benefits: 67% of the average of the highest 3 years
Possibility of Fully Funding the Plan: 15 yrs.

 

S t a t i s t i c s
Regional conferences: 9
Total membership in 1944:
Under 20,000
Total membership Today:
280,000
2004 Per Capita Tithes Returned:
$ 518.00
1996-2004 Total Tithes Returned:
$1,088,000
2004 Literature Evangelism Sales:
(In excess of $3 million)

B a p t i s m
2000 9,987
2001 8,772
2002 9,213
2003 8,220
2004* 9,000

T i t h e
2000 $ 128,490,402
2001 $ 134,539,818
2002 $ 138,893,049
2003 $ 142,168,855
2004* $ 145,000,000

2004 Number of Schools:
Church schools: 103
Academies: 8
Total students enrollment: 7,450

M i n i s t r i e s
Black Adventist Youth Congress
Black Laymen’s Congress
Breath of Life Telecast
Ebony Evangelism
Family Heath & Education Service
Message Magazine
Oakwood College
Pine Forge Boarding Academy
New Retirement Plan

 

 

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