Instructions for Annual Reports
SAME REPORTS IN A NEW FORMAT FOR 2024/2025!
The online church and credential reports are still in our Planning Center server. They request the same information as in years past, but you will notice a different look. Every credential holder, except Superannuated ministers*, must file a ministry report. Senior Pastors of an Evangelical Methodist Church must also file a church report. The updated format now has ONE LINK for both the church and ministry reports. It is essential that you follow the new step-by-step instructions carefully to complete your required report.
Click on the link below to complete the report. A partially completed report cannot be saved. Therefore, each report must be completed once you start it, and you must click submit once finished. Once submitted, your report will be automatically emailed to the General Secretary and your Conference Superintendent.
FOR PASTORS IN CHARGE OF EMC CONGREGATIONS
CHURCH REPORT: Have a copy of the church's statistical report from last year's summation of the 12 monthly Treasurer's Reports (Form F900, Annual Report Tab) ready for use in preparing this report.
The STATISTICAL Section reflects your annual compilation of ministry data for the church.
The FINANCIAL Section may be completed using the information from a compiled yearly treasurer's report (F900).
FOR ALL EMC MINISTERS (Elders, Admitted on Trial, Local Preachers, and Deacon/Deaconess)
INDIVIDUAL REPORT: This ministry report works for ALL CREDENTIAL HOLDERS, so no matter your current role or credential status, this new report gathers the information we need. This new report requires less statistical data (e.g., jail service totals) and encourages more narrative reporting. You can include the statistics you track in the narrative section if you wish, but we don't require it. No report is required for Superannuated or Supernumerary ministers*.
*The delegates of the 2022 General Conference voted for a change to the EMC Discipline concerning Superannuated ministers. According to ¶867 and ¶821-823, a Superannuated minister who re-enters the pastorate must complete a ministry report along with the Local Church Report.
FOR ALL CREDENTIAL HOLDERS
Code of Ethics: Upon becoming a credential holder, each minister must sign a Ministerial Code of Ethics. Per EMC Book of Discipline ¶852, each subsequent General Conference year, all credential holders are required to sign a reaffirmation of the Ministerial Code of Ethics. If you haven't already done so, please read and sign the 2022-2026 reaffirmation.
If you are unable to complete your required report online, please contact Rev. Hammond at Headquarters.
The deadline for submission of all reports is January 31st.
General Conference of the Evangelical Methodist Church
P.O. Box 17070
Indianapolis, IN 46217
Phone: 317.780.8017
Fax: 317.780.8078
Links to Required Reports
ANNUAL REPORT FORM (2024) ALL EMC Churches and Ministers
Code of Ethics Reaffirmation 2022-2026