Surcharge coming for PNW churches who fail to use Background Check credit
By Teri Tobey | Program Associate for Young People's Ministries
Your church received an advance premium credit as an incentive to complete background checks on staff...
Funding Ministries and Mission Outreach 2017
What are Conference budgets? How can I support mission? What resources are available from The PNW Conference that can help our church treasurers? Download...
Twenty-Seven Annual Conferences Give 100% of Their 2016 General Church Apportionments
Nashville, TN – The General Council on Finance and Administration (GCFA), working with the 56 annual conferences in the United States, reports that twenty-seven...
GCFA Reports on UMData.org, 2014 Church Statistics, New Treasurers Training Event and Virtual Appointment...
Nashville, TN – The General Council on Finance and Administration (GCFA) is announcing that general statistical information about the church, formerly contained in the printed General...
Seattle Minimum Wage Ordinance
By Brant Henshaw | Treasurer and Director of Administrative Services
A lot of publicity was generated when Seattle adopted a “living wage” minimum wage ordinance this...
Welcome Rik Jamieson, Assistant Treasurer for the PNWUMC!
Rik Jamieson is the new assistant treasurer and comptroller for the Pacific Northwest Conference.
He graduated from State University of New York at Buffalo...
There’s a new tax law in town!
Starting in 2020, Washington will be the fifth state in the nation to offer paid family and medical leave benefits to workers. Assistant PNW Conference Treasurer Rik Jamieson provides this synopsis on how this new law will impact local churches and how they handle payroll.
Got Employees in Washington State? Make sure you plan for these 2 things
Assistant Conference Treasurer Rik Jamieson shares two upcoming changes to labor law in Washington State that could impact local churches. As these changes to the minimum wage and sick leave approach, leaders should take the opportunity to make sure that all labor practices are in alignment with state and federal laws
Stop the Presses!! – New Overtime Laws are on hold! #FLSA
By Rik Jamieson | Assistant PNW Conference Treasurer
Just before Thanksgiving a federal court in Texas granted a nationwide injunction blocking the enforcement of proposed changes to...
The apportionments are coming! The apportionments are coming!
By Rik Jamieson | Assistant PNW Conference Treasurer
Be on the lookout for the Shared Ministry Apportionment Notice for your 2017 budget planning. Forward the apportionment sheet...


















