24% of UPC missions money goes to overhead?

[commonsense]

In the 70's attended a decent sized church approx 25 miles from HQ; respected upci church and pastor.
This pastor did not approve of the FM money system and all of the FM offerings were sent direct to the missionary.

[pelathais]

Originally Posted by commonsense

In the 70's attended a decent sized church approx 25 miles from HQ; respected upci church and pastor.
This pastor did not approve of the FM money system and all of the FM offerings were sent direct to the missionary.

If those missionaries were part of the UPC's PIM program, then they reported the funds they received and it was accounted the same as regular PIM gifts sent directly to the Foreign Missions Division.

Seriously now... I knew missionaries and saw them receive offerings in their travels. What I witnessed was, if the gift came from a saint in a church, the missionary gave that gift directly to the pastor and it was then usually given back to the missionary as part of a larger offering. If the gift came from a pastor, then that gift was recorded as a part of the general offerings received and generally was used to offset deputational expenses.

Any funds sent to a missionary overseas was reported and accounted as though it had been sent through HQ. Fact is, the UPCI "HQ" has always been pretty lean in the FM side of things. It did become rather top heavy (reportedly) at one time on the HM side, but the FM Division has always been fairly consistent with the best of other denominations and orgs in this area.