Funding Model Development Team
The Funding Model Development Team was appointed by the 225th General Assembly (2022) to, "develop, recruit, implement, and provide oversight of possible funding model experiments," as approved by GA225 in business item FIN-10.
Membership
Teaching Elder Heidi Bolt
Cascades Presbytery
PCUSA, A Corporation Board
Ruling Elder Cara Clark
Grace Presbytery
Young Adult Advisory Delegate - GA225
Ruling Elder Margaret Elliott
Salem Presbytery
Committee on the Office of the General Assembly
Ruling Elder Wilfredo Garcia
New York City Presbytery
Commissioner - GA225
Teaching Elder Jeromey Howard
Hudson River Presbytery
Presbyterian Mission Agency Board
Teaching Elder Ilsun Kim
East Tennessee Presbytery
Commissioner - GA225
Ruling Elder Patricia Petty Morse
National Capital Presbytery
Racial Equity Advocacy Committee
Teaching Elder Jeanne Radak
Highlands Presbytery
Per Capita and Financial Sustainability Special Committee
Teaching Elder Erica Rader (Co-Moderator)
San Jose Presbytery
Mid Council Leader
Ruling Elder Elioreph Rivera-Pagan
Presbiterio de San Juan
Theological Student Advisory Delegate, GA225
Teaching Elder Jacqueline Taylor
Donegal Presbytery
Mid Council Leader
Teaching Elder Michael Wilson (Co-Moderator)
Baltimore Presbytery
Mid Council Leader
Ruling Elder Valerie Young
Grace Presbytery
Per Capita and Financial Sustainability Special Committee
STAFF SUPPORT
Kate Trigger-Duffert
Director, General Assembly Planning
Office of the General Assembly
John Wilkinson
Director, Ministry Engagement and Support
Administrative Services Group
More About the Funding Model Development Team
The General Assembly Moderator(s) will appoint a Funding Model Development team to develop, recruit, implement, and provide oversight of possible funding model experiments.
- The Funding Model Development Team shall receive support from staff of the OGA, PMA, ASG, and the Presbyterian Foundation (PF) and collaborate with other General Assembly entities as needed or requested.
- The Funding Model Development Team will develop and implement experiments that will fund councils of the church, above the session, that will be consistent with the identified values and adaptive challenges of the mid councils.
- The Funding Model Development Team will provide oversight of possible funding model experiments.
- The Funding Model Development Team will report back to the 226th General Assembly (2024) their progress and any recommendations for moving forward and report on their prospects for finishing their work and final report to the 227th General Assembly (2026).
- Two members from the Per Capita and Financial Sustainability Committee
- Two commissioners from the 225th General Assembly (2022)
- Three mid council leaders
- Two Young Adult Advisory Delegates from the 225th General Assembly (2022)
- One member each from:
- The Presbyterian Mission Agency Board
- The Committee on the Office of the General Assembly
- The Presbyterian Church (USA), A Corporation Board (A Corp)
- One representative from either the Racial Equity Advocacy Committee (REAC) or the Advisory Committee on Social Witness Policy (ACSWP), so that the core values of these committees be included.
Contact Us
For more information, or to address or observe the meeting,
Kate Trigger-Duffert
Director, General Assembly Planning
Office of the General Assembly
John Wilkinson
Director, Ministry Engagement and Support
Administrative Services Group
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