By the Numbers

A Prayer to Guide our Search

Be with us and guide us, Holy Spirit of God, as we seek your will for the future of our Diocese. Help us to discern the needs and hopes of your people in Western New York, so that our search for a Bishop may proceed with clear vision and joyful obedience. We pray through our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen.

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By the Numbers

Getting an idea of the scope of the diocese can sometimes be aided by seeing the numbers. Rather than including long reports, we are going to give a brief snapshot with links to more detailed information. An excellent report was produced in 2007 that gives a great perspective on our Diocese. This report can be found at: Episcopal Diocese of Western New York - State of the Diocese

The Episcopal Church is overwhelmingly a denomination of small churches. The same is true in the Diocese of Western New York. In 2007, 48 had an Average Sunday Attendance (ASA) of under 80, and only 29 were served by full-time clergy. It is instructive to see the changes over a ten-year period in the grouping of churches by Compensation Guideline Group.

(Group One is large congregations with at least one full-time clergy,
Group Four is congregations that do not support a full-time clergy person.)

	1997	2007
One	11	10
Two	7	3
Three	24	16
Four	25	34
Total	67	63

More detailed statistical information can be found in the 2008 Journal Appendices at:
Diocesan Convention Related Documents.

To give an idea of the finances of the diocese, below is a condensed Profit/Loss statement for 2007 and 2008, along with year to date information for 2009:

Ordinary Income/Expense		Jan-Aug '09	Jan-Dec '08	Jan-Dec '07
Income
	Unrestricted income	500,938.63	835,682.43	867,330.78
	Designated income	0.00	0.00	0.00

Total Income		500,938.63	835,682.43	867,330.78

Expense
	Episcopate	12,864.31	4,566.49	9,847.08
	Canonical Group	28,085.55	201,304.07	198,206.30
	Diocesan Support Group	-36,481.36	-8,445.25	12,501.43
	Christian Formation Group	22,097.72	64,453.74	58,801.84
	Community Ministry Group	863.75	10,989.87	13,980.63
	Diocesan Staff	395,350.91	572,072.04	578,106.06

Total Expense		422,780.88	844,940.96	871,443.34

Net Ordinary Income		78,157.75	-9,258.53	-4,112.56

A full accounting including the budgets, can be found at:
Episcopal Diocese of Western New York - 2009 Budget

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