With an emphasis on the Gospel Priorities, the EPC Office of the General Assembly prepared a budget for the fiscal year 2023-24 (July 2023 – June 2024), that set a conservative growth target for POI and allocated significant resources toward World Outreach, Church Planting, Church Health, and Effective Biblical Leadership. POI for the year fell just short of our budget goal due to some timing issues with year-end deposits. However, those deposits in early July indicate that the POI budget would have been met, and our goals reached. But, by God’s grace, POI for fiscal year 2024-25 is consequently off to a strong start.

It was a blessed and fruitful year. The EPC Office of the General Assembly looks forward to continuing this progress in carrying out the Great Commission in the new fiscal year. To that end, through the month of August POI is up over the last three years.

• POI for August was $180,826. The budget was $165,533.
• POI through August was $70,634 higher than FY25 Budget of $374,081
• FY25 POI through August was $109,267 higher than FY24.  POI through August 2023 totaled $335,448.  This is an increase of 32.6%.

We are grateful for the Lord’s generous provision throughout EPC congregations as we together serve to carry out the Great Commission. Because of your generosity, churches are being planted, congregations are being revitalized, pastors and their families are being cared for and the Gospel is going to some of the hardest places on the planet.

And yet, there is more work to do. The fields are gleaming white…so next month, more information and data on POI and our common mission as a missional family of churches.