Per capita Resources

The following are resources that can be used in explaining per capita funding of PC(USA). These resources can help congregations, sessions and presbyteries better understand what per captia is and how it is used.

Brochure

GA Per Capita — a detailed description of GA per capita and what per capita funds

Download GA Per Capita brochure.

Per capita offering envelopes

Hubbard Press includes special occasion pew envelopes, one of which is for per capita — for congregations that ask members to pay their per capita and their regular offering amount.

Visit the Hubbard Press Web site.

Article

Read Clint McCoy’s “How this mustard seed grew: The origin and impact of the per capita apportionment as a means of financing the General Assembly.”

Download McCoy’s article from the November 2007 issue of Perspectives, the online magazine of the Office of the General Assembly.

Advisory Opinion

Advisory Opinion #9 (revised November 2007) by Stated Clerk Cliff Kirkpatrick offers clarification about per capita in the life of the church.

Read the Advisory Opinion

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