2016 Wesleyan Discipline:2035–2045

2035. USF-General Fund, Beneficiaries and Apportionment. The USF-General Fund shall provide support for General Church divisions and ministries and be apportioned among them as follows:

(1) Beneficiaries. The designated beneficiaries to receive support from the USF-General Fund are: the administrative offices of the General Superintendent, and the General Treasurer/Chief Financial Officer; the Church Multiplication and Discipleship Division; the Communication and Administration Division; the Education and Clergy Development Division; the Global Partners Division and such other benevolent institutions, offices or agencies of the General Church as the General Conference or the General Board shall designate from time to time.

(2) Apportionment. The apportioning of the USF-General Fund among the designated beneficiaries (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:2035:1) shall be determined annually by the General Board.

2040. USF-Educational Institutions Fund, Beneficiaries and Apportionment. The USF-Educational Institutions Fund shall provide support for general educational institutions and general ministerial education, and shall be apportioned among them as follows:

(1) Beneficiaries. The beneficiaries receiving support from the USF- Educational Institutions Fund shall include the general educational institutions (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:2365); approved programs for subsidizing ministerial training; the Wesleyan Seminary Foundation (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:2382); and the Ministerial Study Course Agency (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:2385-2388).

(2) Apportionment. The General Board shall determine the apportionment of the USF-Educational Institutions Fund among the beneficiaries listed in 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:2040:1.

2045. General Promotion and Administration. The General Superintendent’s office shall promote the raising of the United Stewardship Fund. The General Treasurer/Chief Financial Officer shall cooperate with the General Superintendent’s in such promotion and shall administer the USF funds as provided for in The Discipline and as directed by the General Board (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:1976).