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Local Church Report due by February 12, 2023

The information requested in this report is for the 2022 calendar year—January 1 through December 31.

January 10, 2023
Finance and Administration Information Technology
Local Church Report now open. Due by February 17, 2022

The information requested in this report is for the 2021 calendar year—January 1 through December 31.

January 04, 2022
Finance and Administration
COVID-19: Resources and Financial Relief (Updated 4/8/2020)

Local churches and other persons or groups reading this article should consult with counsel, tax advisors or other professionals in considering the application of FFCRA and the CARES Act to their unique circumstances.

April 08, 2020
Finance and Administration
United Methodist Center currently closed to visitors

All Conference staff are continuing to serve your church in their normal capacity! Please refer to the Conference staff directory at www.umcna.org/conferencestaff for contact information.

March 16, 2020
Finance and Administration Information Technology
Local Church Report due Feb. 17, 2020

The online Local Church Report for the Year Ending December 31, 2019, went live on Friday, Jan. 3, 2020. All Local Church Reports must be submitted online no later than Feb.17, 2020.

January 06, 2020
Event Finance and Administration
2nd Alabama Methodist Lawyers’ Forum to be held March 28, 2019
The North Alabama Conference and the Alabama-West Florida Conference are jointly sponsoring the 2nd Alabama Methodist Lawyers’ Forum on March 28, 2019, from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. The Forum will be held at First United Methodist ...
March 12, 2019
Finance and Administration Local Church
Year-End Local Church Report now open. Submission deadline is Feb. 15, 2019.
Each year, as the new year begins, United Methodist congregations report information and statistics on their ministry during the previous calendar year through the Local Church Report. As North Alabama Conference Statistician ...
January 07, 2019
Finance and Administration
Local Church Year-End Report due February 12
The 2017 Year-End Local Church Report is now available for all churches to complete via the Local Church Dashboard at www.umcna.org/dashboard. Churches are asked to complete this annual report by February 12, 2018. An email that ...
January 26, 2018
Finance and Administration
Employer deadlines for Federal & State 2017 reporting
The North Alabama Conference Treasurer's Office offers the following information to local churches regarding employer deadlines for Federal and State 2017 reporting. Please email the Conference Treasurer’s Office at ...
January 03, 2018
Finance and Administration
New deadline for filing 2016 W2s and W3s is January 31, 2017
The US Treasury has changed the filing due date for all employer’s 2016 W2s and W3 to January 31, 2017.  The date for providing your employees with their 2016 W2 remains the same, January 31, as has been the rule for a number of ...
January 19, 2017
Finance and Administration
Federal judge grants injunction blocking enforcement of new overtime rule
A federal judge in the Eastern District of Texas granted a nationwide injunction blocking the enforcement of the FLSA overtime rule that was to take effect on Dec. 1, 2016. The rule would raise the salary level required for ...
November 23, 2016
Finance and Administration
New overtime rule means church changes
A UMNS story by By Heather Hahn A new federal rule that increases the number of U.S. workers who are eligible for overtime pay could have an impact on your church’s payroll. Most church employees who are not clergy are among those...
October 10, 2016
Finance and Administration
Year-End Local Church Report is now open; deadline is Feb 5, 2015

The Year-End Local Church Report is now open for congregations to report ministry information from the life of the church in 2014. All North Alabama Conference local churches must complete this required report by Feb. 5, 2015. Pastors and church treasurers were sent an an email on Jan. 5 with an attachment containing instructions on completing this online report.

January 06, 2015
Finance and Administration
Conference health insurance coordinator and cash receipts clerk Wanda Tray to retire
North Alabama Conference health insurance coordinator and cash receipts clerk Wanda Tray has announced her retirement to be effective Nov. 1, 2014. Wanda joined the Conference staff in 1996. Over the last 18 years her duties have...
September 18, 2014
Finance and Administration Ordained Ministry
Information for Local Churches regarding compliance requirements of Alabama's Immigration Law
As North Alabama approaches it’s 2014 Annual Conference gathering and clergy and local churches prepare for new appointments, Conference Chancellor Terry McElheny offers a summary of legal requirements and links to necessary forms...
May 28, 2014
Finance and Administration Information Technology
Local Church 2013 Statistical Report deadline is Feb. 3, 2014
The Statistical Report, formerly known as the Year-End Local Church Report, is collected annually each January.  One this report, local churches report their activity from the previous year. These numbers are reported to the ...
January 07, 2014
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