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Welcome Bishop Earl Bledsoe

nmcmfi — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 19:36:05 +0000

Bishop Bledsoe, 62, said he and his wife, Leslie, have arrived in Albuquerque and are busy trying to get settled. The Bishop’s two-point charge brings him back to an area he remembers well. “To a certain extent, it will be like going home,” he said, noting that he grew up in west Texas, and that …

Are your donors at risk?

nmcmfi — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 20:01:08 +0000

Church Causes Donors to Lose IRS Charitable Deduction: Are your donors at risk? On May 17, 2012, in David & Veronda Durden v. IRS, the courts ruled that the Durden’s $22,517 donation to their church could not be counted as a charitable tax deduction. On their 2007 joint income tax return, Mr. and Ms. Durden …

Leading Ideas: Metrics: A Tool for Learning, Not Judging

nmcmfi — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 21:55:55 +0000

by Lovett H. Weems, Jr. The current focus on setting numerical goals for ministry and reporting on the results is not new, though it is now greatly expanded. In the past, virtually all the goals churches set had to do with money. The most obvious example is the annual budget. A budget is a …

Bishop Charles and Karen Crutchfield Scholarship Endowment

admin — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 17:58:22 +0000

Bishop Charles and Karen Crutchfield Scholarship Endowment The Reverend Doctor Charles N. Crutchfield, a former member of the Foundation’s Board of Directors, was elected to the Episcopacy by the lay and clergy delegates to the South Central Jurisdictional Conference in Corpus Christi, Texas. Following the election, Bishop Crutchfield was assigned to be the episcopal leader …