Metropolitan Community Churches
Board of Administration
Motion by E mail
Participating
Judy Dale
(Chair)
Marsha Warren
(Treasurer)
Stephen Harte
(Secretary)
Rev Jeff Miner
John Vespa
The following
motion was intimated by the Chair to all Board members on
Housing
Allowance
Whereas, Section
107 of the Internal Revenue Code permits a minister of the gospel to exclude
from gross income (in computing federal income taxes) a church-designated
allowance paid to him or her as part of his or her compensation to the extend
used for actual expenses in owning or renting a home; and
Whereas, the
following list of personnel are compensated by the Universal Fellowship of
Metropolitan Community Churches exclusively for services as ministers of the
gospel and the Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches;
and
Whereas, the
Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches does not provide
parsonages to the following ministers; therefore it is
hereby
Resolved, that the
total compensation paid in 2005 to the following ministers shall include housing
allowances as indicated pursuant to section 107 of the Internal Revenue Code;
and it is further
Resolved that the
designation of the following housing allowance shall apply to the calendar year
2005 from
Jim Birkitt
$13,700
The Board members voted by e
mail on
In favour:
Judy Dale, Marsha Warren, John Vespa, Rev Jeff
Miner
Abstaining: Stephen
Harte