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                            TO:  Interested Ministries                                                                                                   FROM: Jim Bramer, Retired Auditor-CPA
                                                                                                                                                                              FILE:  0083-01/all

                             RE:  Replicating Ministries                                                                                                Originated:  June 1993                                  

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        We define this type (click here for another type) of "Replicating Ministries" as Ministries whose primary purpose is to serve other Ministries and most of their Income comes from the Ministries they serve --- not the Christian public per se.  Examples include:

• Church and Associational Headquarters
• Evangelical or Inter-denominational Foreign Mission Assn (EFMA or IFMA);
• Christian Management Assn (CMA);
• Association of Christian Schools, International  (ACSI);
• Evangelical Counsel for Financial Accountability (ECFA).
• Camps - especially denominational.

        We recommend that Foundations appropriately make grants to these types of "Replicating Ministries."  This way their money is "multiplied" to more than a single Ministry.  And not just to the support of a Ministry Staff Member or to a single Ministry's General/Operating Fund per se.
        My personal persuasion (see 0913-03) is that on-going operational expenses of a Church, for example, should be funded by its current constituency or supporters -- not by former members upon their death (Estate Income) nor by Grants from Endowments or Foundations. 
        Many "Replicating Ministries" are postured for projects, but their constituent Ministries can not help them financially that often -- which, again, points us in the direction of appropriate income from Wills-Estates, Endowments and/or Foundations.
        Another type of "Replicating Ministries" are those where your long term investment capital is turned around and re-invested in another long term investment.  Examples are  Credit Unions,  like Evangelical Christian Credit Union  and other groups like California Plan of Church Finance  who gather funds and turn around and invest it into Ministry facilities, or capital assets. 
        No doubt, upon inquiry, any of the foregoing "Replicating Ministries" would be pleased to inform any Foundation of its needs.

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   . The bulk of this Publication originated in June 1993 and was  .  UPTD:May 02, 2008  

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       (1) An Online Document, or WRIT (Writing), may be applicable to all Ministries, or it may be designed for just groups like: Evangelical Church, School, Missionary Agency or Organization, Christian Camp / Conference, or other named group.
       (2) WRIT formats include the perspective of  Jim@bcidot.org   via IOMs (Inter-Office Memos) to the Ministry Finance Team (MFTeam); THRDs, a hypothetical Online conversation with members of the MFTeam; GLEANINGS, or Scripture within context of the MFTeam; FWIW; A periodic editorial (For What it is Worth); TRUISM, or believed Ministry Finance principles; and via  FAQ, response to Frequently Asked Questions

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