Our annual missions budget was around $481,000.00 for 2011.

 

The Missions Committee evaluates requests for support, makes decisions as to which ministries Beltline should support, supervises each ministry supported by Beltline, and makes recommendations to the Elders.  Additionally, the Missions Committee sets policy regarding the works supported by Beltline and is governed by the “Missions Committee Guidelines/Policy Statement,” as amended, setting forth the Missions Philosophy of Beltline, the duties and responsibilities of the Missions Committee, and the duties and responsibilities of each supported or sponsored “missionary” (including those members and friends of members who are supported on a “short term” mission trip). 

 

The Guidelines/Policy Statement were approved and implemented by the Elders 29^th day of March, 2006, and have been amended to deal with email communication between the chairman and the committee members and to establish a request and approval process for travel and other expenditures and the itemization of expenditures for all travel on Missions Committee business.  Each year during December, each ministry supported by Beltline is evaluated and the Committee discusses whether or not to continue supporting each ministry.  Every two years each work is visited by two members of the Committee in order to evaluate its effectiveness and report back to the Committee in order to determine whether the congregation should continue supporting the ministry.