The 2024 apportionment contributions have been totaled! Our churches have contributed $4,110,820 for the Northern Illinois Conference apportionment and $814,994 for the General Church apportionment.

What do those numbers mean?
We collected 79 percent of the total apportionment for conference ministries. We are moving in the right direction, since we surpassed the 77 percent in 2023 and the 75 percent we collected in 2022. The last time we reached 79 percent was in 2021.

For the General Church we collected 46 percent of the total apportionment. We are moving in the right direction in this category too, since we collected 34  percent in 2021 and 38  percent in 2022 and 2023. The last time we paid 100 percent was in 2012. We can proudly say that we contributed 100  percent for 9 of the 13 years between 2000 and 2012.

Another sign of your faithfulness to our connectional church is that more churches increased their contribution to the conference apportionment in 2024:

• 56  percent of churches (176) paid 100  percent or more—2  percent more than in 2023 (171 churches).
• 9  percent of churches (27) paid 75 to 100  percent—holding steady from 2023 (27 churches).
• 12  percent of churches (37) paid 50 to 75  percent—2  percent more than in 2023(27 churches).  
• 23  percent of churches (72) paid less than 50  percent —5  percent fewer than in 2023 (87 churches).

More churches also increased their contributions to the General Church apportionment in 2024.

• 36  percent of churches (111) paid 100  percent or more — 7  percent more than in 2023 (91 churches).
• 6  percent of churches (20) paid 75 to 100  percent — 2  percent more than in 2023 (13 churches).
• 6  percent of churches (19) paid 50 to 75  percent — 2  percent more than in 2023 (12 churches).
• 52  percent of churches (162) paid below 50 percent — a decrease of 11  percent from 2023 (196 churches).

Even though we are contributing more than in the previous few years, we need to continue to increase our giving to both annual conference and general church apportionments.

The 2020/2024 Book of Discipline, which is one of our points of connection as United Methodists, tells us:

• “Payment in full of these apportionments by local churches is the first benevolent responsibility of the Church.” (¶  247.14).
• “It is strongly recommended that the committee on finance, in collaboration with the church council, find creative ways to turn their congregation into tithing congregation with an attitude of generosity. All financial asking to be included in the annual budget of the local church shall be submitted to the committee on finance.” (¶  258.4)

If your church has challenges to paying apportionments and for other services for which it is billed directly, please speak with your district superintendent about options for your church.

Learn more about apportionments 

Church apportionment payments

The first number is the Conference Apportionments percentage. The second number is the General Church Apportionment percentage. Churches in bold paid 100% in General Church and NIC Apportionments
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• Addison: Good Samaritan, 0%, 0%
• Albany, 100%, 0%
• Alden, 100%, 100%
• Algonquin: Christ, 100%, 8%
• Alsip: Christ, 100%, 100%
• Antioch, 100%, 100%
• Apple River, 95%, 39%
• Argo Fay, 100%, 100%
• Arlington Heights: First, 100%, 30%
• Arlington Heights: Incarnation, 92%, 27%
• Ashton, 95%, 87%
• Aurora: Bethany of Fox Valley, 51%, 0%
• Aurora: Nueva Vida, 100%, 100%
• Aurora: Wesley, 41%, 0%
• Barrington: Barrington, 43%, 8%
• Barrington: Salem, 100%, 0%
• Batavia, 92%, 89%
• Belvidere: First, 100%, 89%
• Belvidere: Iglesia Esperanze y Vida, 94%, 83%
• Bensenville: First, 100%, 100%
• Blaine, 100%, 100%
• Blue Island: Grace (Closed), 0%, 0%
• Blue Island: La Gracia de Dios NFC, 0%, 0%
• Bolingbrook: Crossroads of Faith, 100%, 0%
• Bolingbrook: Friendship, 100%, 100%
• Brookfield Compassion, 100%, 0%
• Brookville, 100%, 100%
• Buffalo Grove: Kingswood, 100%, 100%
• Burlington, 100%, 100%
• Burritt, 0%, 0%
• Capron, 79%, 50%
• Carol Stream: St. Andrew, 100%, 100%
• Cary, 100%, 100%
• Cedarville, 100%, 0%
• Chadwick: Hope, 100%, 0%
• Chana, 100%, 100%
• Channahon, 7%, 0%
• Cherry Valley, 100%, 100%
• Chicago: Adalberto Memorial, 100%, 0%
• Chicago: African Community, 52%, 46%
• Chicago: Amor de Dios, 0%, 0%
• Chicago: Berry Memorial (Closed), 58%, 6%
• Chicago: Bethany/Jesus, El Buen Pastor, 11%, 0%
• Chicago: Big Shoulders (Closed), 42%, 0%
• Chicago: Broadway, 100%, 100%
• Chicago: Chicago Lawn, 100%, 100%
• Chicago: Church of 3 Crosses, 29%, 0%
• Chicago: Clair Christian, 100%, 100%
• Chicago: East Side, 48%, 0%
• Chicago: Edison Park, 100%, 0%
• Chicago: El Redentor/Redeemer of Calvary, 100%, 6%
• Chicago: Emanuel, 0%, 0%
• Chicago: Faith (Closed), 50%, 50%
• Chicago: First (Temple), 100%, 100%
• Chicago: First Vietnamese, 29%, 0%
• Chicago: Freedom (Closed), 14%, 0%
• Chicago: Gorham, 100%, 0%
• Chicago: Grace of Logan Square, 60%, 27%
• Chicago: Granville Avenue, 0%, 0%
• Chicago: Greenstone, 39%, 0%
• Chicago: Hartzell Memorial, 100%, 100%
• Chicago: House of Praise, 100%, 100%
• Chicago: Humboldt Park, 100%, 100%
• Chicago: Hyde Park Korean, 100%, 100%
• Chicago: Indo Pak, 100%, 0%
• Chicago: Ingleside Whitfield, 100%, 100%
• Chicago: Kelly/Woodlawn (Closed), 50%, 0%
• Chicago: Lincoln, 100%, 0%
• Chicago: Mandell (Closed), 27%, 27%
• Chicago: Maple Park, 100%, 100%
• Chicago: Morgan Park, 100%, 100%
• Chicago: New Gresham (Closed), 0%, 0%
• Chicago: Olivet, 27%, 0%
• Chicago: Parish of the Holy Covenant, 58%, 0%
• Chicago: Ravenswood Fellowship, 50%, 0%
• Chicago: Renewed Hope, 42%, 4%
• Chicago: Resurrection, 100%, 100%
• Chicago: South Shore, 100%, 88%
• Chicago: Southlawn, 100%, 0%
• Chicago: St. Mark, 54%, 54%
• Chicago: St. Matthew, 100%, 0%
• Chicago: Trinity, 58%, 58%
• Chicago: Union Avenue, 100%, 100%
• Chicago: United Church of Hyde Park, 0%, 0%
• Chicago: United Church of Rogers Park, 69%, 0%
• Chicago: Wesley, 100%, 3%
• Chicago: West Ridge, 100%, 0%
• Coleta, 100%, 100%
• Creston, 62%, 45%
• Crete, 22%, 0%
• Crystal Lake: First, 100%, 8%
• Dakota Rock Grove, 100%, 100%
• Davis Junction, 20%, 20%
• Davis: Calvary, 100%, 100%
• DeKalb: First, 100%, 0%
• Des Plaines: First, 100%, 0%
• Des Plaines: Neuvo Amanecer, 100%, 86%
• Dixon: First, 6%, 0%
• Dixon: Grace, 42%, 33%
• Dolton: Faith, 100%, 8%
• Downers Grove: Faith, 24%, 29%
• Downers Grove: First, 83%, 82%
• Durand, 51%, 36%
• Earlville, 100%, 100%
• East Jordan, 100%, 0%
• Elgin: Cornerstone, 0%, 0%
• Elgin: First, 55%, 14%
• Elgin: Journey of Hope, 100%, 100%
• Elizabeth, 100%, 67%
• Elk Grove: Prince of Peace, 100%, 0%
• Elmhurst: Christ, 100%, 100%
• Elmhurst: First, 100%, 34%
• Erie, 9%, 0%
• Esmond, 100%, 100%
• Evanston: Emmanuel, 100%, 100%
• Evanston: First, 100%, 100%
• Evanston: Hemenway, 100%, 30%
• Evanston: Sherman, 100%, 0%
• Evergreen Park: First, 100%, 100%
• Fairhaven (Merged), 58%, 58%
• Flossmoor: South Suburban Korean, 58%, 58%
• Forreston, 100%, 100%
• Fox River Grove: Community, 0%, 0%
• Franklin Grove (Closed), 24%, 14%
• Franklin Park: First, 48%, 0%
• Freeport: Faith, 100%, 54%
• Freeport: First, 49%, 0%
• Freeport: Harmony, 100%, 100%
• Freeport: Red Oak, 100%, 0%
• Galena, 100%, 100%
• Geneva, 100%, 52%
• Genoa: Faith, 71%, 0%
• German Valley, 0%, 0%
• Glen Ellyn: First, 23%, 23%
• Glencoe: North Shore, 100%, 0%
• Glenview, 65%, 0%
• Grayslake: United Protestant, 6%, 0%
• Green Garden, 100%, 100%
• Hampshire: First, 19%, 0%
• Hampshire: Zion, 100%, 100%
• Hanover, 100%, 100%
• Harmon, 100%, 100%
• Harvard: First, 56%, 31%
• Harvey: Transformation Community, 100%, 9%
• Hazel Crest: Community, 29%, 29%
• Hebron, 100%, 100%
• Herbert: Davis, 6%, 6%
• Hickory Grove, 100%, 100%
• Hinckley: First, 93%, 85%
• Hinsdale, 100%, 0%
• Homewood: St. Andrew (Closed), 0%, 0%
• Hunter, 100%, 100%
• Ingleside, 100%, 83%
• Itasca: The Center, 0%, 0%
• Joliet: Cristo Es El Camino NFC, 0%, 0%
• Joliet: Grace, 100%, 100%
• Joliet: Hope, 100%, 100%
• Joliet: Ingalls Park, 71%, 0%
• Joliet: Trinity, 0%, 0%
• Kaneville, 58%, 58%
• Kingston, 100%, 87%
• Kirkland: First, 92%, 0%
• La Moille: Community, 100%, 100%
• La Salle: Grace, 9%, 0%
• LaGrange: First, 65%, 1%
• Lake Bluff: Grace, 82%, 73%
• Lake Villa, 51%, 0%
• Lanark, 100%, 100%
• Lansing: First, 100%, 100%
• Leaf River, 100%, 100%
• Leland, 100%, 0%
• Lemont, 100%, 100%
• Lena, 100%, 71%
• Leon, 100%, 0%
• Libertyville, 100%, 95%
• Lighthouse, 100%, 50%
• Lockport: First, 100%, 0%
• Lombard: Faith, 71%, 0%
• Lombard: First, 100%, 45%
• Machesney Park: Evans, 100%, 100%
• Machesney Park: Harlem, 100%, 100%
• Machesney Park: New Life UMC (Merged), 50%, 0%
• Malta, 75%, 0%
• Manhattan, 67%, 0%
• Maple Park: Grace, 100%, 100%
• Marengo, 100%, 100%
• Marseilles, 49%, 0%
• Maywood: Neighborhood, 100%, 100%
• McHenry: First, 33%, 0%
• McHenry: Mount Hope, 100%, 0%
• Melrose Park: Cosmopolitan, 100%, 0%
• Mendota: First, 100%, 100%
• Mendota: Zion, 100%, 100%
• Millbrook, 100%, 100%
• Milledgeville, 100%, 100%
• Millington, 10%, 0%
• Minooka, 51%, 0%
• Morris: First, 19%, 27%
• Morrison, 100%, 100%
• Mount Carroll, 100%, 100%
• Mount Morris: Disciples, 100%, 100%
• Mount Prospect: Sam Mool Korean, 100%, 100%
• Mount Prospect: Trinity, 100%, 40%
• Mundelein: Vision Church, 0%, 0%
• Naperville: Community, 100%, 100%
• Naperville: Grace, 100%, 0%
• Naperville: Hope Indian, 0%, 0%
• Naperville: Wesley, 89%, 13%
• Naperville: Wheatland Salem, 0%, 0%
• New Lenox, 100%, 100%
• New Milford, 20%, 2%
• Northbrook: North Northfield, 38%, 0%
• Northbrook: Northbrook, 100%, 77%
• Norway, 100%, 100%
• Oak Lawn: First, 100%, 100%
• Oak Park: Euclid Avenue, 100%, 100%
• Oak Park: First, 100%, 100%
• Oak Park: St. John's, 100%, 100%
• Olympia Fields, 32%, 3%
• Orangeville, 100%, 100%
• Oregon, 100%, 19%
• Orland Park: Faith, 100%, 0%
• Orland Park: First Korean, 100%, 100%
• Oswego: Good Shepherd, 100%, 100%
• Oswego: Wellspring, 100%, 100%
• Ottawa: Epworth, 54%, 1%
• Ottawa: Evangelical, 84%, 48%
• Ottawa: First, 100%, 100%
• Palatine: First, 60%, 0%
• Palos, 100%, 100%
• Park Forest: Grace United Protestant, 83%, 33%
• Park Ridge: First, 100%, 11%
• Paw Paw, 92%, 92%
• Pearl City: First, 100%, 100%
• Pecatonica, 100%, 100%
• Peotone, 95%, 2%
• Plainfield: First, 36%, 20%
• Plattville, 93%, 0%
• Polo: Faith, 100%, 0%
• Poplar Grove, 100%, 100%
• Princeton: First, 100%, 100%
• Prophetstown, 8%, 0%
• Prospect Heights: Central Korean, 30%, 0%
• Prospect Heights: Galilee, 67%, 67%
• Red Oak Dekalb, 69%, 0%
• Reynolds, 100%, 100%
• River Forest, 100%, 100%
• Riverside: Woodside, 100%, 100%
• Rochelle, 100%, 100%
• Rock Falls, 43%, 12%
• Rockford: Aldersgate, 100%, 0%
• Rockford: Beth Eden, 100%, 67%
• Rockford: Brooke Road, 100%, 0%
• Rockford: Centennial Multicultural, 100%, 0%
• Rockford: Christ, 100%, 100%
• Rockford: Christ the Carpenter, 18%, 0%
• Rockford: Court Street, 41%, 6%
• Rockford: Emerge NFC (Closed), 0%, 0%
• Rockford: Grace, 100%, 100%
• Rockford: Victory NFC, 0%, 0%
• Rockton, 93%, 83%
• Roscoe, 92%, 83%
• Roselle, 100%, 100%
• Sandwich: United, 100%, 100%
• Savanna: First, 100%, 0%
• Scales Mound, 29%, 0%
• Schaumburg: Our Redeemer's, 100%, 15%
• Schaumburg: Our Saviour's, 100%, 92%
• Schaumburg: Salem Korean, 21%, 0%
• Seneca: First, 100%, 100%
• Serena, 100%, 100%
• Shannon: Bethel, 100%, 100%
• Sheridan, 100%, 100%
• Shirland, 100%, 100%
• Skokie: Central, 100%, 100%
• Skokie: Jesus Loves Korean, 100%, 100%
• South Elgin: Community, 100%, 100%
• St. Charles: Baker, 63%, 17%
• Sterling: First, 100%, 100%
• Sterling: Wesley, 100%, 100%
• Steward, 100%, 100%
• Stockton: Wesley, 100%, 100%
• Sugar Grove, 100%, 0%
• Sycamore, 81%, 100%
• Tampico, 100%, 100%
• Thomson, 100%, 100%
• Thornton (Closed), 0%, 0%
• Tinley Park, 100%, 100%
• Triumph, 100%, 100%
• Urban Village, 100%, 0%
• Villa Park: Calvary (Merged), 67%, 67%
• Walnut, 0%, 0%
• Warren, 13%, 26%
• Waterman, 100%, 100%
• Wauconda: Federated Church, 84%, 81%
• Waukegan: First, 100%, 100%
• Waukegan: New Hope, 40%, 0%
• West Chicago: First, 58%, 0%
• West Dundee: First, 100%, 100%
• Western Springs (Closed), 0%, 0%
• Wheaton: Gary, 100%, 25%
• Wheeling: First Korean, 50%, 50%
• Wilmette: Trinity, 100%, 100%
• Wilmington, 41%, 7%
• Wilton Center Federated Church, 100%, 0%
• Winfield: South Asian, 0%, 0%
• Winnebago, 0%, 0%
• Winthrop Harbor: North Prairie, 100%, 100%
• Woodridge, 100%, 0%
• Woodstock: First, 54%, 0%
• Wyanet, 100%, 67%
• Yorkville: Trinity, 100%, 100%
• Zion: Memorial, 18%, 0%