07 Apr Global Ministries Team Meeting in Canada

Members of the Global Ministries Leadership Team headed for Ontario the morning of Thursday, April 7. They meet twice a year, usually in Huntington, Ind. But this time, they decided to meet at the Parkwood Gardens UB church in Guelph, Ontario.  Two members of the Global Ministries team are from Ontario, including Brian Magnus, pastor of the Parkwood Gardens church.

Global Ministries is not strictly a ministry of the US National Conference, but is a joint partnership with the Canadian national conference. The Ontario churches are given representation on the board in proportion to the missions giving by the Ontario churches. That is necessary in order to satisfy the charitable giving requirements of Revenue Canada (their IRS). Revenue Canada wants to make sure that if Canadians give money to entities outside of the country (and want it to be tax deductible), that they have some say in how that money is used.

The Global Ministries team will meet Friday and Saturday. The entire Global Ministries staff will be there–Jeff Bleijerveld, Donna Hollopeter, and Peggy Sell, who began about a month ago as the new administrative assistant.