Church Analysis
Analysis of the spreadsheet, “Church
Statistics”
The spreadsheet is a
compilation of bar graph charts available at http://pr.dfms.org/study.
The figures contained therein
were supplied by each church annually.
All the ten Episcopal churches
on Cape Cod have a clergyperson listed as “rector.”
The minimum compensation
required for a full-time rector by the Episcopal Diocese of
Massachusetts is 100K per year, which is composed of salary, health insurance, and pension contribution.
Massachusetts is 100K per year, which is composed of salary, health insurance, and pension contribution.
Therefore, it is doubtful that
the three churches at the bottom are paying, or could pay that
amount to their rectors. Some other arrangement must be in force.
Based on the operating costs of
St. David’s, about 180K per year is required for staff,
utilities, and maintenance at
most churches. The bottom three are well below.
Churches five through seven
have insufficient funds, also, and must rely on withdrawals from
endowed funds to achieve a balanced budget of 280K per year.
endowed funds to achieve a balanced budget of 280K per year.
Churches one through four
should be operating in the black, so long as the annual collections
continue at the 2013 level.
Levels of attendance have held
steady for the past five years, with some ups and downs
during periods of transition in
leadership. Trends vary for collections.
Reported levels of membership
are grossly inflated in the underlying documents. To be
accurate, they must be pruned
of deceased, departed, and disaffected members.
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