HEBRON PENTECOSTAL CHURCH MANCHESTER Union Chapel, 2b Wellington Road, Fallowfield Manchester -M14 6EQ Registered charity - 1189220 - www.hebron-manchester.org | M: 07853 081 776 | admin@hebron manchester.org Trustees Annual Report and Accounts April 2021-March 2022 ## **OBJECTIVES** To advance the Christian faith in accordance with the Statement in such ways and in such parts of the United Kingdom or the world as the Church Council from time to time may think fit; To relieve sickness and financial hardship and to promote and preserve good health by the provision of funds, goods or services of any kind including through the provision of counselling and support in such parts of the United Kingdom or the world as the Church Council from time to time think fit; and To advance education in such ways and in such parts of the United Kingdom or the world as the Church Council from time to time may think fit. ## **VISION** Hebron Pentecostal Church Manchester is a fellowship of believers coming together to declare the glory of the Lord, expressing the good news of God’s kingdom that transforms lives and communities worldwide and to celebrate Jesus as King. We study the Word, practice what we learn, and in the process grow together. ## **MISSION** As people called by God, We gather to praise God, listen to him, and respond. We nurture each other in faith and obedience to Christ. We love and care for one another as God's people. We commit ourselves to serve and to tell others about Jesus. We pursue God's justice and peace in every area of life. ## **Our church Meeting Schedule:** 1. Sundays - Malayalam and English Services 2. Thursdays - Intercessory prayer and Bible study 3. Tuesdays/Thursdays/Fridays - Ladies prayer 4. Saturdays - Fasting prayer 5. Third/Fourth Week Saturdays/Sundays - Youth Meeting 6. Saturday Evenings: Kids prayer 7. Saturdays/Sundays: Sunday School classes were conducted via Zoom ## **Our Ministries:** ## **1. Sunday Service:** Our Sunday Service is led by our Pastor, preaching from the Word of God to enable us to grow spiritually. We worship both in English and Malayalam, which is our native language from Kerala, India. Malayalam messages and sermons are translated into English for the benefit of our children and for people who do not understand our language. English worships are conducted regularly except on the second and fourth Sundays when we partake in the Lord’s Supper and conduct our Youth Meetings respectively. During our English worship we focus on different topics from the Bible to enable our children to understand and be deep-rooted in the Word of God and to mould them to become ambassadors of Christ. ## **2. Sunday School:** Our Sunday School plays a vital role in helping our children build a firm foundation in Christ. Due to Covid restrictions, our Sunday School classes were held via zoom. We begin our Sunday School at 09:30 with a prayer followed by learning new songs, action songs, stories and other Bible-related activities. Our children are then taught from the Word of God in their designated classrooms according to their age groups, following the curriculum provided by Indian Pentecostal Church of God. All our Sunday School activities are conducted in English except for new songs being taught in our native language or other languages. ## **3. Youth Ministry** Our youth meetings are a blessing for all and a wonderful stage to showcase all our youngsters’ brilliant talents; these are held regularly on the fourth Sundays of every month. Some of the regular programs we conduct include Psalms reading and prayer, solo songs/action songs, memory verse recitation, speech, Bible reference, short stories, and Bible quiz to name a few. ## **4. Ladies Ministry** Our ladies’ ministry is aimed at encouraging our sisters in following the Scriptures in our day-to-day life and to support the needy in prayer with a vision to reach out to those who hunger and thirst for the Word of God. Our ladies’ meetings are regularly conducted after our Sunday Service every second Sunday of the month where our sisters are given opportunities to speak from the Word of God, encourage one another in strengthening our faith in our Lord and to intercede and pray for nations and people around the globe. ## **5. Prayer Team:** Our prayer Team is the engine room of our church. Before lockdown started, we held cottage meetings every week on Wednesday evenings at the houses of our church members. During lockdown, these meetings were held via Zoom. These meetings were a strong tower for the believers during the COVD-19 pandemic. We had many guest pastors attend these meetings and teach us the Word of God and share their testimonies. During the meetings, we as a church have interceded and stood in the gap for so many prayer requests and we have seen the miracle-working hand of God moving for us in many different matters. ## **6. Charity and Missions:** As a church, we spiritually and financially support Mercy Mission in Orissa, India. We support 5 evangelists/Pastors who do gospel work in difficult conditions. Mercy mission also runs an orphanage and leprosy centre. We were able to donate to Disaster Emergency Committee Ukraine Appeal in UK and to The Salvation Army in UK for International Development. We actively undertake door-to-door evangelism and street ministry. God willing and if the coming of the Lord tarries, this team is praying and planning about various new initiatives such as charity work within UK and India. ## **Financial Review** Total receipts of funds received was £21,697.71, of which £17,062.71 was unrestricted and the rest £4,635 restricted funds (charitable causes/mission work and other special contribution). Income was generated through regular tithing of our church members, Sunday service offering, Sunday school offering, ladies’ ministry offering, a dedicated contribution as restricted fund in the months of June and July to be utilized for charitable causes/mission work and other special contribution. Total expenses were £23,496.55 of which rent amounted to a total of £1,950 and £5,400 was gifted to our Pastor for his services to our congregation. Sunday School expenses amounted to £873.52. £89.87 was spent on web hosting and domain, and a total of £215.85 was paid to Zoom Video Communications. Expenses incurred by the ladies’ wing was £1,040 of which £990 was utilized for helping the needy. £3,200 of £4,435 raised specifically for charity purposes were donated towards family maintenance and hospitalization expenses of the deserving ministers/their families in rural parts of India. £250 was donated to Disaster Emergency Committee Ukraine Appeal in UK and another £250 was donated to The Salvation Army in UK for International Development, leaving a balance of £735 as restricted funds. A further £300 pounds taken from unrestricted funds was donated to a Pastor when his family was going through a difficult time during the COVID pandemic. A total of £2,500 was gifted to guest pastors/visiting ministers, who ministered to us from the Word of God, to support their mission fields/ministries. A total of £1194.72 was donated to Mercy Mission in Odisha, India to support their pastors and ministry in the rural villages of Odisha, India. These donations amounted to a total of £8,734.72. Money spent on refreshments/food amounted to £849.61 and gifts amounted to £175. £2853.17 was the total amount spent buying musical instruments, PA system, projector, and related accessories. The net result of this fiscal year was a deficit of receipt over payments of -£1,798.84. Balance to be carried forward on 31 March 2022 totalled £6,657.68 of which £735.00 is restricted funds and the remaining £5,922.68 unrestricted funds. Our target was to maintain a balance of £5,000 of unrestricted funds which we were able to achieve by the end of the fiscal year. ## _**Financial statements for the year 1 April 2021 to 31 March 2022**_ ||**Unrestricted**|**Restricted**|**Restricted**|**Total (£)**| |---|---|---|---|---| |**RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT**|**Funds (£)**|**Funds (£)**||| |**Receipts**||||| |Voluntary Receipts||||| |Receipts from Church Members||||| |Tithe|12,972.00|-||**12,972.00**| |Offering|3,175.71|-||**3,175.71**| |Sunday School Offering|280.00|-||**280.00**| |Ladies Offering|550.00|-||**550.00**| |Charity Mission Offering|-|4,435.00||**4,435.00**| |Refreshments/Food|-|200.00||**200.00**| |Refunds|85.00|-||**85.00**| |____________________________________________||||| ||17,062.71|4,635.00||**21,697.71**| |____________________________________________||||| |**Payments**||||| |Gift to Pastor|5,400.00|-||**5,400.00**| |Church Building Rent|1,950.00|-||**1,950.00**| |Sunday School|873.52|-||**873.52**| |Ladies Ministry/Charity|1,040.00|-||**1,040.00**| |Charity/Mission|300.00|3,700.00||**4,000.00**| |North India Mission|1,194.72|-||**1,194.72**| |Web Hosting|89.87|-||**89.87**| |Zoom Video Communications|215.85|-||**215.85**| |Guest Pastors/Visiting Ministers|2,500.00|-||**2,500.00**| |Refreshments/Food|649.61|200.00||**849.61**| |Gifts|175.00|-||**175.00**| |Equipment/Musical Instruments|2,888.17|-||**2,888.17**| |Loan Repayment|2,081.81|-||**2,081.81**| |Child Protection (Thirtyoneeight)|129.00|-||**129.00**| |Logo and Letterhead designing|100.00|-||**100.00**| |Miscellaneous|9.00|-||**9.00**| |___________________________________________||||| ||19,596.55|3,900.00||**23,496.55**| |___________________________________________||||| |**Restricted Fund Balance 31 March 2022**||**-**||**£735.00**| |**Unrestricted Fund Balance 31 March 2022**||**-**||**£5,922.68**| |**Excess of Receipts Over Payments**||-||-**£1798.84**| |**Accounts Summary**||||| |**Total Bank and Cash Balance B/F from 31**|**March 2021**||**-**|**£8,456.52**| |**Total Bank and Cash Excess Income over**|**Expenses (2021/22)**||**-**|**-£1,798.84**| |**Cash in Hand**|||**-**|**0.00**| ||**___________________________**|||| |**Total Bank and Cash Balance as of 31 March 2022**|||**-**|**£6,657.68**| ||**___________________________**|||| ## **Finance Notes:** 1. The financial statements have been prepared using the receipts and payments basis. 2. The Church doesn’t hold any fixed assets.