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“...show hospitalityto strangers, for by doingthat some have entertained
a n g e l s without knowing it.”
Hebrews 13:2
www.tmf-fdn.org
2014 ANNUAL REPORT
. . . She had pulled a sack of homemade mamool cookies--little powdered sugar crumbly mounds stuffed with dates and nuts--out of her bag--and was offering them to all the women at the gate. To my amazement, not a single woman declined one. It was like a sacrament. The traveler from Argentina, the mom from California, the lovely woman from Laredo--we were all covered with the same powdered sugar.And smiling. There is no better cookie.And I looked around that gate of late and weary ones and I thought,
This is the world I want to live in. The shared world. Not a single person in that gate--once the crying of confusion stopped--seemedapprehensive about any other person. They took the cookies. I wanted to hug all those other women, too.
This can still happen anywhere.
Naomi Shihab Nye, from Gate A-4
Welcomingstrangers from different
walks of life and entertaining
angels
TMF is on an exciting trajectory toward fulfilling our
promise of STEWARDING POTENTIAL. During 2014, we
offered resources to help the Church steward its potentialfor welcoming people from all walks of life to new life – bothwithin and outside the walls of the church. The deep practice
of hospitality described by Henri Nouwen on the preceding
page is not only what we help bring to life in the
congregations, families, and individuals we serve – it is the
very thing we strive to offer you, our constituents. We want
to be a place of welcome and belonging “where change can
take place.”
TMF WELCOMES NEW MEXICO.
TMF’s most significant welcoming during 2014 was to theNew Mexico Conference Methodist Foundation (NMCMF).On April 9, 2014, NMCMF and TMF joined together to serve
all six conferences throughout New Mexico and Texas.
This consolidation represents an exciting milestone in
NMCMF’s 50-year history and TMF’s 75-year-plus history.
Most importantly, we have come together to create one
organization with a stronger voice and more resources for
exploring, discovering, and actualizing bold new solutions
for serving the church, its people and its purpose.
TMF INCREASES FINANCIAL INTEGRITY.
Our ability to help congregations steward their potential forwelcoming others is inextricably linked to stewarding our
resources toward enhanced financial strength. TMFexperienced another year of exceptional growth in assets($84 million), with $46 million of that increase due to thesuccessful joining of NMCMF with TMF. With this growth,
TMF reached a major milestone of over $500 million inassets under management. In addition to welcoming our
New Mexico neighbors, other financial highlights from
2014 include significant growth in our Undesignated
Endowment ($2.4 million) and Leadership Ministry
Endowment ($1 million) and another year marked by a
healthy surplus in our operating budget.
We fully appreciate that our financial integrity is the result
of long-term relationships developed through trust and a
shared goal of “empowering the church in the achievement
of her God-appointed missions.” We are enormously
grateful for the churches who turn to us for their lending
needs and for the individual and institutional investors who
help us finance those loans. The trust of our investors,
borrowers, and donors enables us to then extend our
resources toward addressing the broader needs of the
church, such as helping leaders create cultures of
discernment, purpose and generosity.
TMF CONVENES CONVERSATIONS.
Above all, we embrace our core value of servanthood as the
key to our relationships. As Henri Nouwen suggests,
hospitality is about putting aside our needs and agendas
and desire to control or change people and “offer them
space where change can take place.” This report features
three congregations we worked with during 2014 who
affirm our deep conviction that “conversation is thecurrency of change.” Together we conversed, listened and
learned as they dug deep in their own discernment process
to create a space for God to speak, a space where they
discovered a shared vulnerability with those outside their
community and the true blessing of creating hospitable
places of invitation and acceptance.
We believe the Church is the world’s best hope for welcoming“strangers” in our troubled and divided world. And the
startling truth that we learn every day in working with
congregations is that welcoming the stranger is not only the
Church’s great gift to the world, but God’s great gift to us.
We are so thankful for the great gift of helping our
community – congregations, donors, lay and clergy – show
hospitality, engage in acts of empathy, create communities
of genuine human flourishing. And by doing so, change the
world.
So amid the great triumphs of the past year, we look forwardto the challenges of the next. We invite you to take the next
step and join us in becoming a visibly active and profoundly
welcoming place where congregations and leaders are
formed and nurtured and resourced. Who knows, by
practicing hospitality, maybe we will find that we have
“entertained angels unawares.”
What can we do for you?
Letter from the Board Chair and President
“Hospitality means primarily the creationof free space where the stranger can enter and become a friend instead of an enemy.Hospitality is not to change people, but to offer them space where change can take place.”
Henri Nouwen, from Reaching Out: The Three Movements of the Spiritual LifeHenry Joyner Tom LockeB O A R D C H A I R P R E S I D E N T
Stewarding Potential
� Texas and New Mexico Methodist foundations combine resources to form TMF.
� Texas Methodist Foundation changes name to TMF to reflect our expanded
mission beyond Texas, both in serving the New Mexico Conference and in
collaborating with thought leaders and entrepreneurial organizations throughout
the nation.
� TMF reaches a major milestone of over $500 million in assets under management.
� TMF Senior Vice President Gil Rendle’s pioneering Metrics Project culminates in
his book, Doing the Math of Mission, which has proven to be an invaluable
resource for congregations, conferences, and other organizations on how to
identify, measure, and accomplish outcomes.
� Financial and leadership services partner with congregations to reach out to
people in new and innovative ways.
� TMF receives a $1 million grant from the Lilly Endowment in support of TMF’s
Area Consultant ministry to proactively connect congregations to resources –
through TMF or other resource providers – that will help them gain clarity about
their unique identity and mission field, engage in holy conversations to discern
God’s call for them, and develop disciple-making strategies for living into that call.
2014 TMF STEWARDING POTENTIALHIGHLIGHTS
“...show hospitalityto strangers, for by doingthat some have entertained
a n g e l s without knowing it.”
Hebrews 13:2
TMF believes in the power of Holy Conversations to change us,individually and corporately. We have seen
this process foster the courage and
imagination required to shape discerning, purposeful congregations like
Oak Lawn UMCwho was willing to think critically and ask
fundamental questions in unexpected ways.
TMF Area Consultants work with
congregations to explore how new ideas
for making the world a better place can arise
from a good question and honest conversation.Some neighbors wonder if Oak Lawn United MethodistChurch in Dallas is closed. The homeless neighbors know it’sopen. This was one of the paradoxes faced by the Holy
Conversations (HC) team at Oak Lawn as they did their
work this past year.
The 140-year-old congregation is housed in a drab stone
building that is not well lit. The main entrance to the church
cannot be seen from the major intersection on which the
church sits. People who have walked their dogs in the
neighborhood for years think the church is closed. Yet everySunday night, several dozen homeless men and women areserved good food and welcomed with open-heartedhospitality.
When you enter the sanctuary on Sunday morning, there isan unmistakable air of welcome. When asked “What value
is most central to you as you move into your future?” HCteam members agreed unanimously: inclusiveness andhospitality. But the congregation, like many in such
neighborhoods, is struggling with both the loss of many of
its elderly saints – their stories, wisdom and experience –
and the addition of a culturally diverse membership – their
new energy, varied backgrounds and multifaceted needs.
There is a palpable sense of anxiety about how to focus
mission, ministry, and resources in the midst of this
complex environment.
These paradoxes led John Thornburg, the TMF areaconsultant who facilitated the HC process at the church, to
open the last meeting of the HC team with the opening
verse of Hebrews 13, “Let mutual love continue. Do notneglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by doing thatsome have entertained angels without knowing it.”
Right: Gregg Alan Smith, Associate Pastor and Director ofthe Oak Lawn Community Outreach Center, leads volunteersin prayer before dinner is served.
“A congregation changes its culture one personat a time. Radical hospitality begins with a singleheart, a growing openness, a prayerful desire forthe highest good of a stranger.”
Robert Schnase, Bishop of the Missouri Annual Conference of The United Methodist Church
VIEWING STRANGERS AS ANGELS
The meeting was intense in the best way. Team members
were bringing reports of conversations they had initiated
with key voices in the surrounding community. The
conversations had revealed astonishing income disparity
and high incidences of teen homelessness. They had also
uncovered the deep hunger to serve and the equally deep
reticence to come to worship expressed by high-income,
high-capacity millennials. How could the congregation be
effectively invitational to the large population of millennials
who live within two miles of the church?
Some on the committee began to express impatience with
the process, a feeling not unusual for churches that fear they
are running out of time to turn things around. Thornburg
noted that the team was at the most intense and difficult part
of the HC process, simply because the discernment of God’s
will is such a deeply challenging task. Asking, “What is thedifference God is calling us to make?” is really different from
asking, “What should we do to get more people and more
money?”
About a week after this meeting, the church’s pastor, Dr. Anna
Hoseman-Butler, called Thornburg with excitement in her
voice. “I think I know how it all fits together,” she said. “It’s
a three-legged stool. There are three strategies that have
clearly emerged: working with community partners to
engage in transformational rather than remedial ministry
with homeless neighbors; reaching the 20-somethings that
are nearby; and making our building look open and inviting.”
Thornburg agreed with her that those were the three things
that seemed to be bubbling to the top in the HC process. “But
now I see what holds them all together,” Dr. Butler said.
“They all depend on our hospitality. God is calling us to use ourdeepest congregational value to turn us outward. And it allcame to me when you read the verse from Hebrews 13. We have to view strangers as angels.”
This promising ‘aha’ moment resulted because this team had
the courage to welcome the stranger, embrace the “other”
and, in doing so, discover God, themselves, and their
neighbors in new ways.
Left below and above: Volunteers serve an Easter meal tohomeless neighbors at Gayle's Kitchen Angels, an outreachministry of Oak Lawn UMC .
Above: All are welcome at the Oak Lawn Community OutreachCenter, which is open on Sunday afternoons to serve thierneighbors in need.
Right:Volunteers gather for prayer before serving dinner totheir neighbors.
Philoxenia, the Greekword for hospitality, means
“love of thestranger.”
“Grace,it’s a name for a girl; it’s also a thought that
changedthe world.”
U2, Grace
When the Texas Methodist Foundation joined with the New Mexico
Conference Methodist Foundation last year and became TMF,
we brought to life our new tagline of Stewarding Potential. We stewarded our potential by consolidating our resources to
help congregations in all six conferences throughout New Mexico and Texas more effectively steward
their potential toward God’s life-changing purposes.
St. John’s UMC in Albuquerque demonstrates the impact ourjoining together is already having. Senior Pastor Craig Cockrell
and Executive Pastor John Schwarting worked with David
McCaskill, TMF senior vice president and head of loans and
investment services, to refinance the church’s loan. This resulted
in $100,000, annually, for the congregation to use to answer
God’s call for them to serve their community.
“Helping provide a congregation with more resources to do God’swork is enormously gratifying. But working with one like St.
John’s who strives to connect those resources with a clear
understanding of their purpose is especially rewarding,”
observed McCaskill.
St. John’s is in the process of prayerful discernment and
conversation about how to best use the resources from the
refinance.“Aside from the money – which, of course, we are veryexcited about – the refinance has given us time to think critically,deliberatively, and faithfully about how to use that money in waysthat are integral to our faith journey here,” commented Rev. Cockrell.
The original loan was for a Welcome Center, and St. John’s has
a vital music ministry known for its emotional resonance and
intellectual depth. A possibility for this new resource is to
explore the intersection of these two congregational values
by engaging a younger audience in spiritual formation,
community and worship through an innovative new music
ministry.
“St. John’s has such a creative music ministry – one that not
only deepens the worship experience but welcomes many
outside their gathered community into the body of Christ,”
said McCaskill. “At TMF, we want to work with congregationswho are creatively welcoming others, and St. John’s isdefinitely doing that.”
Whatever decisions evolve from their discernment process, St.
John’s underscores TMF’s belief in the importance of
continually asking qualitative – ultimate – questions of purpose
in assessing the use of resources: “Why?” “To what purpose?”
“How can we use this resource as a doorway to Christ?”
Above: St. John’s UMC, Albuquerque, New Mexico
TMF HELPS ST. JOHN’S UMC ALBUQUERQUE EXTEND THEIRWELCOME
TMF’s loan consultants assist churches as
they plan for construction or seek financial
solutions that complement their unique
ministry plan. In addition, TMF Area
Consultants partner with congregations to
connect them with the resources and tools
they need to strengthen their ministries in
unprecedented ways. Visit our website at
www.tmf-fdn.org or call TMF to discover
more about how TMF helps congregations
steward their God-inspired potential.
Above: St. John's music ministry has been an effectivedisciple-making strategy for fulfilling God's purposes.
“Welcome one another as
Christhas welcomed you.”
Romans 15:7
Welcomingstrangers from different
walks of life and entertaining
angels
TMF is able to make high-impact grants through our Grants Ministry today because of personal expressions of hospitality made
through gifts years ago. Often those gifts are helping
ministries whose very purpose is to create sustainable
change in the lives of the most “invisible” strangers in our society.
Party Barn Church, an innovative ministry of First United Methodist Church
in Paris, Texas, is creating an inviting nonjudgmental space
where those on the fringes can grow into the body of Christ
because of a gift from C. R. Leslie and his sister Rosalie Leslie
Loreto who wanted more and more people to be drawn into a
deeper relationship with God.
“Hey, come and join us at the party barn. Your dog is alreadyhere getting to know everyone,” texted Sheila Ensey, a
member at First UMC Paris, to a young mother who lived
near the barn and who, like a wide swath of contemporary
culture, was unsure about her place in church but wanted
a community of support and encouragement for her young
daughter.
“Most everyone is in church today because somewhere,sometime, someone invited them. Sheila invited this woman,and she put aside her anxieties and gave it a try,” said
Reverend Rob Spencer, senior pastor at First UMC Paris.
“She discovered she already knew a lot of the people and
really enjoyed the laid-back atmosphere, the music,
message, and food.” Now she and her daughter attendworship on Sundays at Connections, another extensionministry of First UMC designed “to reach new people in newplaces.”
4M Party Barn Church (PBC) happens on the first Monday
evening of each month and is a lot less threatening to some
first-time visitors than Sunday morning worship at First
UMC’s beautiful, but, for some, imposing, historic sanctuary
housed under a 40-foot high octagonal, rotunda dome. The4Ms include a Meal catered by local restaurants, secularMusic by talented local bands, a Message, and anopportunity to Make a Difference by participating in onsitemission projects during the evening. PBC participants have
assembled over 1,000 health kits which are distributed by
the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) to
people who have been forced to leave their homes because
of human conflict or natural disaster.
“You can't stay in your corner of the forestwaiting for others to come to you. You have togo to them sometimes.”
Winnie the Pooh
YES, AN INVITATION TO A PARTYCAN CHANGE YOUR LIFE
The Party Barn Church is held at a venue familiar to many
locals who have attended parties there. Open on two sides,
it is literally a church that cannot keep anyone or anything
out. Birds fly by as the message is delivered. Children playing
soccer kick a ball in. People come and go. You can hear the
sounds of the natural world and laughing children. A parableof the kingdom of God. A feast to which all are invited.Especially those whom we might never think to invite.
“You know we joke that the best way to draw a crowd of
church folks is to serve a meal, but we knew the meal was an
essential aspect of our Christian heritage, of extending
hospitality, and breaking down barriers,” commented
Spencer. “That’s why we turned to TMF for a grant to help withthose costs.”
First UMC Paris received a $30,000 grant over three years insupport of their 4M Party Barn Church which closely alignswith one of TMF’s four areas of interest: evangelism initiativesthat target younger generations, culturally diversepopulations and others not currently being reached by theChurch and, thus, create an environment that is welcoming toall through new and effective ways of “being the Church.”
“TMF firmly believes that if the church is to be a vibrant,relevant, transforming influence in today’s world, we mustchange how we do church,” observed Bob Dupuy, senior vice
president of TMF Charitable Services. “ Even though this is a
new ministry, we believe it is reaching – and has enormous
potential for reaching – those who would never attend a
traditional church but who want to be part of a faith
community. We are pleased to support First UMC Paris in
their innovative approach to offering ‘a different kind of
party, a different kind of church.’”
Early results are exciting. “Party Barn Church has attracted
some who have an extreme aversion to church, some who
have been wounded by the church, and others who just
prefer a more casual setting and worship style. Some areattending PBC with regularity and others are now attendingour Connections campus and our new Young Adult group,”reported Spencer.
True to its billing as “a Judgment Free zone, a place where
it's okay not to be perfect, a place where you can be accepted
as you are, experience God's unfailing love, and enjoy a
family-friendly environment,” the Party Barn Church hasfound a way to both have church and be the churchsimultaneously.
Above and below: 4M Party Barn Church-goers enjoy a greatMeal, Music, Message, and Missions. And, as their Facebook pageproclaims, "It's all free. Just like God's love!"
“You shall love the stranger first of allbecause you know what it is to be a strangeryourself. Second of all, you shall love thestranger because the stranger shows you God.”
Barbara Brown Taylor, An Altar in the World
“You shall love the
Stranger,for you were strangers
in the land of Egypt.”
Book of Moses, Hebrew Scripture
“Solo gratia.
Gracealone.”
2014 YEAR IN REVIEWOnce again, TMF ended 2014 as astronger organization than we beganthe year. This trajectory has repeated itself annually for
many years and is a pattern we intend to continue.
The significance of the following developments, activities,
and financial reporting, however, is in how they reflect the
many congregations and leaders we are privileged to work
with who are extending hospitality, broadening their
invitation, and coming to life with the knowledge that to
welcome the stranger is to entertain angels.
FINANCIAL� As of December 31, 2014, total assets under
management by TMF were approximately $510
million, an $84 million increase over 2013. Of that
increase, $46 million came from our joining with the
New Mexico Conference Methodist Foundation.
� During 2014, TMF welcomed the churches, investors,
donors, and others previously associated with the NewMexico Conference Methodist Foundation. John Rivas,
former president of NMCMF, is now ably leading TMF
activities in New Mexico. This transaction closed on
April 9, 2014, and was effective April 1, 2014.
� Our Methodist Loan Fund ended the year at $334
million. Methodist Loan Fund investments support the
Foundation’s loan program which currently funds 433
loans to United Methodist churches and agencies. Our
loan balance ended 2014 at $333 million.
� Our Undesignated Endowment grew during the year by
approximately $2.4 million, ending the year at $29.9
million. The relationship between our loan portfolio
and our endowment has never been healthier and, in
fact, exceeds guidelines established by our board.
Additionally, this endowment growth diversifies and
enhances our operating income stream by generating
additional revenue for operations.
� Not included in the amount above, endowmentdedicated to our Leadership Ministry now totals an
additional $5.7 million, a $1 million increase over 2013.
� Grants made by TMF during 2014 totaled $2,941,196.
Of that amount $2,088,534 came from donor-advised
funds. In addition, TMF provided $175,000 in specialgrant funding to the conferences we serve throughout
Texas and New Mexico. Since beginning these grants in
2009, TMF has awarded a total of $1,070,000 to the
conferences, all of which has been used at the
discretion of the presiding Bishops. For 2014, we asked
the Bishops to align the funding with organizations
addressing critical needs in ways that bring about
meaningful and sustainable change, consistent with
our Grants Ministry’s focus on systemic change.
� TMF distributed approximately $1 million from
permanent endowments, predominantly to United
Methodist causes in Texas.
STAFFING AND SERVICE AREAS� During 2014 TMF’s Leadership Ministry strengthened
leadership at every level of the church. One of the ways
we engage this work is to identify leaders who hold
positions which are key leverage points for change,
bring them together, and give them brave space for
peer learning and generative conversation that can be
transformed into courageous action. Gil Rendlecontinued his groundbreaking work with South CentralJurisdiction bishops and district superintendents,
providing space for them to experience unreserved
welcome, freely exchange varied perspectives, and
courageously teach and learn together.
In 2014, we gathered Board of Ordained Ministry chairsand leaders from across the South Central Jurisdictionto address the complex issues surrounding the difficult
place BOM’s find themselves in as they implement a
process for credentialing that is highly regulated by
church law and has not substantively changed to meet
the leadership needs of the current, changing mission
field.
In the past year, we also formed a group of youngmusicians who are leading modern worship, often in
more traditional settings. They are wrestling with the
question of what it means to use music and worship to
reach people not already inside the church.
Another way TMF is working to strengthen leadership
is by providing resources to clarify purpose and
increase generosity. Last fall, we hosted the Academyof Faith and Money in Houston, offering three full days
of current, practical teachings on stewardship . Several
who attended have already reported immediate results
from implementing recommended changes in their
congregations. These are a few examples of Leadership
Ministry’s work to enable courage, learning, and
innovation among United Methodist leaders.
� During 2014, TMF continued to benefit from long
tenured staff leadershipwhile increasing capacity with
fresh, new talent. Tom Stanton joined the leadership
team as General Counsel, allowing Bob Dupuy to focus
on his legacy giving work with individuals and families.
Leah Taylor is now serving as area consultant for the
Texas Conference enabling Don Psencik to focus his
work on helping churches throughout Texas and New
Mexico to start and promote permanent endowment
funds.
� Our Area Consultants practice of hospitality took the form of asking
questions, listening, and encouraging. They engage in conversations with
clergy and laity to learn about their congregations and ministries and to
connect them with resources that can further their own process of
discovery and understanding as they live out God’s call to be authentic
communities of acceptance and invitation.
� Legacy Giving staff members explored with donors their innermost ethic of
hospitality and how they want to steward their resources to align with those
values. These conversations led to transformational gifts that offer a keen
sense of purpose, deliver clearly articulated outcomes and foster a deep
sense of community among donors and recipients alike.
� TMF Loans and Investing also worked to deepen the concept of hospitality
as they assisted congregations who are investing in and welcoming others.
Stewarding Potential
I saw a stranger yestreen:I put food in the eating place
I put drink in the drinking place
I put music in the listening place;
And in the blessed name of the Triune
he blessed myself and my house;
And the lark said in her song
often, often, oftengoes the Christ in the stranger’s guise.
An Old Gaelic Rune
TMF Schedule of Selected Financial Data for each of the seven years in the period ended December 31, 2014
Life Funds Total Funds Income Endowment Managed for 2014 Owned Fund Fund InvestorsASSETS Cash and Cash Equivalents 17,303,033 809,936 131,639 398,037 15,963,421 Accrued Interest Receivable 1,411,262 105,421 7,251 403,989 894,601 Consulting Fees Receivable 4,200 4,200 - - - Pledges Receivable 534,359 31,359 - 503,000 - Loans 332,804,892 13,486,930 2,463,838 7,242,317 309,611,807 Bond Funds 3,743,282 235 298 15,815 3,726,934 Stocks 143,824,425 19,091,212 15,917,973 51,463,250 57,351,990 Certificates of Deposit 6,190,653 13,671 492 26,098 6,150,392 Land and Buildings 94,944 94,842 1 101 - Oil and Gas Interests 635,529 100 630,562 1,867 3,000 Other Investments 59,058 - - 59,058 - Fixed Assets, Net 2,527,529 2,517,529 - 10,000 - Intangible Assets, Net 754,223 754,223 - - - Prepaid Expenses 590,770 202,142 388,628 - -TOTAL 510,478,159 37,111,800 19,540,682 60,123,532 393,702,145 LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS LIABILITIES: Distributions, Grants and Accounts Payable 4,193,913 656,233 159,708 3,129,891 248,081 Deferred Revenue 74,600 74,600 - - - Deferred Grant Revenue 800,000 800,000 - - - Line of Credit - - - - - Funds Managed for Investors 393,454,064 - - - 393,454,064 Funds Held as Agent 57,002,116 - 19,170,704 37,831,412 - Total Liabilities 455,524,693 1,530,833 19,330,412 40,961,303 393,702,145 NET ASSETS 54,953,466 35,580,967 210,270 19,162,229 - TOTAL 510,478,159 37,111,800 19,540,682 60,123,532 393,702,145
AT YEAR END: 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Funds Managed for Investors 259,309,736 301,154,353 299,396,216 301,622,524 326,374,476 319,980,087 393,454,064 Loans 273,237,703 307,575,329 296,552,405 310,396,734 325,359,350 327,256,864 332,804,892 Other Securities 37,619,748 50,648,339 61,346,922 67,356,467 86,024,802 92,080,540 153,758,360 Operating and Memorial Net Assets 12,926,577 14,702,093 17,090,584 20,183,904 23,531,390 27,451,359 29,928,607 TMF Leadership Ministry 2,027,594 2,837,148 3,585,475 4,026,196 4,197,890 4,687,298 5,652,360 Permanent Gifts (Foundation, Trustee) 44,059,289 50,414,119 61,656,675 64,635,125 71,918,876 81,824,737 92,574,608
Total Assets 316,555,895 365,394,703 373,501,239 383,922,117 419,390,976 425,941,318 510,478,159
2014 FINANCIALS
“Loverejoices in the othernessof the other.”
Reinhold Niebuhr
2014 BOARD MEMBERS BY CONFERENCE
CENTRAL TEXASMr. William Bleibdrey
Dr. Timothy K. Bruster
Mr. Tom Harkrider
Dr. Chris Hayes
Dr. James W. Hunt
Mr. Henry Joyner (Chair)
Bishop J. Michael Lowry
Mr. Wesley Millican
Mr. Hiram Smith, Jr.***
NORTH TEXASMr. James F. Adams
Mrs. Mary Brooke Casad
Dr. Jan Davis
Mrs. Patricia M. Deal
Mr. Larry Haynes
Mr. Joseph W. Holmes
Rev. Katherine Glaze Lyle
Bishop Michael McKee
Dr. Clayton Oliphint (Secretary)
Rev. Owen Ross
Dr. Andrew Stoker
Mrs. Kay Yeager
NORTHWEST TEXASBishop W. Earl Bledsoe
Mr. Matt Bumstead
Judge Ron Enns
Mr. Bynum Miers***
Dr. James Nunn
RIO TEXASMr. James A. Cox, Jr.
Bishop James Dorff**
Dr. Daniel Flores
Rev. Thelma Flores**
Rev. Scott Heare
Mr. Jim Hornbuckle
Mrs. Teresa Keese
Rev. Laura Merrill
Mr. Robert T. Rork
Judge Henry Santana
Mr. Robert C. Scott***
Mr. Robert B. Sunderland***
Mrs. Amy Thomas
TEXASDr. Donald R. House
Mr. Rock Houstoun
Bishop Janice Riggle Huie
Mrs. Thomasine Johnson
Dr. Thomas J. Pace, III
Mrs. Ruth G. Palmer**
Mr. James V. Walzel
Rev. Jim Welch
NEW MEXICOBishop W. Earl Bledsoe
Mr. John Goodwin
Rev. Jeff Lust
Mr. Sid Strebeck
Mr. Tom Toevs
** Advisory
*** Emeritus
AREA STAFFJohn Thornburg – Senior Area Consultant, North Texas Conference,
and Director of Area Staff
Melvin Amerson – Senior Area Consultant
Eric McKinney – Senior Area Consultant, Central Texas Conference
Don Psencik – Senior Area Consultant, Church Endowment Specialist
Teresa Rice – Data Analyst
John Rivas – Executive Director for New Mexico Activities
Joyce Russell – Senior Administrative Assistant
Tom Stanton – Senior Area Consultant, Rio Texas Conference
Leah Taylor – Senior Area Consultant, Texas Conference
Dick Young – Senior Area Consultant, Northwest Texas Conference
CHARITABLE SERVICESBob Dupuy – Senior Vice President of Charitable Services
Patti Glanzer – Senior Administrative Assistant
Jacki Lammert – Director of Grants Ministry
EXECUTIVETom Locke – President
Curtis Vick – Executive Vice President
Gil Rendle – Senior Vice President
Justin Gould – Vice President of Development
Tom Stanton – General Counsel
Teri Fichera – Director of Event Planning/Executive Support
Laura Fuqua – Executive Administrative Assistant
FOUNDATION RELATIONSPatti Simmons – Vice President of Foundation Relations
LEADERSHIP MINISTRYLisa Greenwood – Vice President of Leadership Ministry
Gil Rendle – Senior Vice President
Janet Klosterboer – Leadership Ministry Assistant
Eric McKinney – Senior Area Consultant
John Thornburg – Senior Area Consultant
METHODIST LOAN FUND SERVICESDavid McCaskill – Senior Vice President of MLF Services
Robert Hoppe – Vice President of Loans and Real Estate
Carol Nelson – Assistant Vice President of Loans
Sara Beltran – Investor Services Administrator
Randi Forrest – Investor Services Assistant
Terri Harnish – Loan Closer
Jenny King – Loan Assistant
OPERATIONSCandy Gross – Senior Vice President of Operations
Kerry Afflerbaugh – Assistant Vice President of IT/Help Desk Coordinator
Patsy Wilson – Assistant Vice President of Human Resources
Erica Green – Operations Administrative Assistant
Theresa McGee – Office Administrative Assistant, New Mexico Office
Linda Parnell – Receptionist
Susan Puhar – Administrative Accounting Support
Sonia Riley – Office Manager
Gerry Schoening – Controller
Karyl Seibert – Endowment and Life Income Accounts
Barbara Warren – Accounting Support
Cindy Warren – Database Administrator
OFFICERSTom Locke, President
Curtis Vick, Executive Vice President
Bob Dupuy, Senior Vice President
Candy Gross, Senior Vice President
David McCaskill, Senior Vice President
Gil Rendle, Senior Vice President
Justin Gould – Vice President
Lisa Greenwood, Vice President
Robert Hoppe, Vice President
Patti Simmons, Vice President
Kerry Afflerbaugh, Assistant Vice President
Carol Nelson, Assistant Vice President
Patsy Wilson, Assistant Vice President
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