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General Assembly Special Committees and Task Forces

Funding Model Development Team

 


Upcoming Meetings:

TBD  

 
More Information, or to address or observe the meeting:
Kate Trigger Duffert
Kate.Duffert@pcusa.org

or

John Wilkinson
John.Wilkinson@pcusa.org


 
Members:
Teaching Elder Heidi Bolt
Cascades Presbytery
PCUSA, A Corporation Board
Teaching Elder Jeanne Radak 
Highlands Presbytery
Per Capita and Financial Sustainability Special Committee

Ruling Elder Cara Clark
Grace Presbytery
Young Adult Advisory Delegate - GA225
Teaching Elder Erica Rader
(Co-Moderator)

San Jose Presbytery
Mid Council Leader

Ruling Elder Margaret Elliott
Salem Presbytery
Committee on the Office of the General Assembly
Ruling Elder Elioreph Rivera-Pagan
Presbiterio de San Juan
Theological Student Advisory Delegate, GA225

Ruling Elder Wilfredo Garcia
New York City Presbytery
Commissioner - GA225
Teaching Elder Jacqueline Taylor
Baltimore Presbytery
Mid Council Leader
Teaching Elder Jeromey Howard
Hudson River Presbytery
Presbyterian Mission Agency Board
Teaching Elder Michael Wilson
(Co-Moderator)

Donegal Presbytery
Mid Council Leader
Teaching Elder Ilsun Kim
East Tennessee Presbytery
Commissioner - GA225

Ruling Elder Valerie Young
Grace Presbytery
Per Capita and Financial Sustainability Special Committee
Ruling Elder Patricia Petty Morse
National Capital Presbytery
Racial Equity Advocacy Committee
 


STAFF RESOURCE
 
Kate Trigger-Duffert
Director, General Assembly Planning
Office of the General Assembly

John Wilkinson
Director, Ministry Engagement & Support
Administrative Services Group



Assembly Mandate:

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).
Membership Composition: 
  • 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. 

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