Report of the Pastor
The report of the pastor shall include the names of all persons involved in the changes in membership and other items as
outlined in the 2016 Book of Discipline (¶¶ 234, 340). This report should cover as fully as possible the work of the pastor. Care
should be taken not to duplicate the reports of the Church Council, committees, organizations, and officers of the charge.
Copies of this report should be filed with the recording secretary, pastor, district superintendent and chairperson of
witness or evangelism ministries.
Church
Charge
District
Annual Conference
For the period beginning
and ending
DATE OF PRIOR CHARGE CONFERENCE DATE OF CURRENT CHARGE CONFERENCE
1. List those who have been received into baptized membership since the last report.
(Attach as a supplement.)
2. List those who have been received into professing membership since the last report.
(Attach as a supplement.)
a. On profession of faith or restored.
b. From other United Methodist churches.
c. From other non-United Methodist churches.
3. List those who have been removed from the professing membership since the last report.
(Attach as a supplement.)
a. By action of the Charge Conference, or trial court, or by withdrawal.
b. By transfer to other United Methodist churches.
c. By transfer to other non-United Methodist churches.
d. By death.
4. Have the membership records and rolls been audited (¶231)? Yes No
If not, why not?
5. The Pastor shall give a report on the state of the church and an account of pastoral ministry as it relates to (¶ 340):
providing support, guidance, and training to the lay membership in the church; ministering within the congregation and
to the world; and administering the temporal affairs of the congregation. Include as a part of the report a statement
outlining the pastor's program of continuing education and spiritual growth for the past year and plans for the year to
come 349). (Attach as a supplement.)
Signed ____________________________________________________
Date ______________________________________________________
THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
CHARGE CONFERENCE
Report of Pastor / Church Conference 2017-2020
Prepared and edited by the General Council on Finance and
Administration and authorized
as the official form for this purpose.