Africa University Today - Spring 2018

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AUF Support in Western Jurisdiction Reaches 100%

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100% SUPPORT

She’s a member of the First United Methodist Church in Honolulu, Hawaii. Her church invests in the Africa University Fund (AUF) apportionment at 100 percent. It is one of around 1,700 churches whose generosity and commitment helped the Western Jurisdiction to achieve its first overall investment of 100 percent to the AUF in 2017. “Whenever we learn about an area of vital ministry where we can be partners in God’s transformative work, the West wants to step up; Africa University has touched the heart of our Annual Conferences in the West,” said Bishop Minerva Carcaño, the resident bishop of the San Francisco Area. e eight Annual Conferences that comprise the Western Jurisdiction were at 100 percent in 2017. In 2016, Yellowstone was the only Western Jurisdiction conference that wasn’t able to pay 100%,

but that changed in 2017. “At a crucial time in the life of e United Methodist Church, the Yellowstone Conference worked hard to pay 100% of its General Church apportionment to affirm the Bishop Oliveto power found in connectionalism,” said Bishop Karen P. Oliveto, resident bishop of the Mountain Sky Area. “We rejoice that we participate with United Methodists around the world to share the Good News of Jesus Christ in transformative ways,” Oliveto said. “We give thanks to God for Africa University, its faculty, staff, students and graduates who are making a difference in churches and communities in Africa and around the world.” In 2017, U.S. churches invested a record 96.77 percent of their budgeted commitment to the AUF, remitting $2,266,498.00 in support for the university’s day-to-day operations by the year’s end.

Thank you for investing at 100 percent in the Africa University Fund in 2017. The Annual Conferences of The United Methodist Church with a 100 percent or more remittance to the AUF apportionment over the past two years are: North Central Jurisdiction Detroit East Ohio Illinois Great Rivers Indiana Iowa Minnesota West Michigan West Ohio Wisconsin Jurisdiction Total Support

2017 100% 105.32% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100.24% 100% 105.24% 99.83%

2016

96.52%

Northeastern Jurisdiction Baltimore-Washington

2017 100%

2016 100%

100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 104.21% 100%

Eastern Pennsylvania Greater New Jersey New England New York Peninsula-Delaware Susquehanna Upper New York West Virginia Western Pennsylvania Jurisdiction Total Support

100% 100% 100% 107.18% 100% 100% 102.04% 100% 100% 100.71%

108.16% 100% 100% 100.96% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100.93%

South Central Jurisdiction Central Texas North Texas Oklahoma Indian Missionary Jurisdiction Total Support

2017 100% 100% 100% 88.42%

2016 100% 100.01% 91.65%

Southeastern Jurisdiction Florida

2017 100%

2016 100%

Kentucky North Alabama North Carolina Red Bird Missionary South Carolina Tennessee Jurisdiction Total Support

100% 100% 100% 113.58% 100% 196.48% 98.15%

100% 113.80% 100% 100% 100% 100% 92.49%

Western Jurisdiction Alaska United Methodist California Nevada California Pacific Desert Southwest Oregon Idaho Pacific Northwest Rocky Mountain Yellowstone Jurisdiction Total Support

2017 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%

2016 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 99.70%

Spring 2018

f you want to know just how strong support for Africa University is in the Western Jurisdiction, just ask Tupou Kelemeni and her colleagues within the Pacific Islander National Caucus of e United Methodist Church. “Africa University means the world to me,” said Kelemeni. “I thank God that with my prayers, and whatever little financial support I have been able to give over the years, I am a part of this great work.” Kelemeni is president of the Tongan Caucus.


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