WHITEWELL METROPOLrrAN TABERNACLE TRUSTEES, REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2022 The trustees present their annual rewt and flianc SlateM ts the year ended 30 September 2022. The finanual statemerts have been Fryared in accd with the aCcW1ng pclicies set oul in 1 to the financial statements and comply with the thurch's trust deed. the Charities Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 and 'Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practi apFAicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance V•ith the Finanaal Reporting Slandwd appllcable in the UK and Republic ol Ireland IFRS 102). (as amended for aGcoLmting perio(ts frtyn 1 January 2019) Objectlves and actlvltles The unchanging obJ"ective of the clNwch is to ojitwiue lo 'm. wtynote arKI ftfflher spread Ihe Christian lailh as defined in the pages of the Bible. Ow beliefs, precepts J¥J praclises are defined and decided, nol by the words or decrees of men bul. by the Vkbrd of God whld) hold to be Ihe hwjhest authority. belng the unvamished and Inspired V%knrd of tt God. The main activities of the Church, in order io acfmeve the above are holdirKJ of rewlw religious servtces ea week, the provKling of youth activilies and Ihe broadcasting of our services alorwJ with Ihe provision of services of a charitable benefft to community and abroad. The tru8lee5 have paid due regard to WKJance is51 by the Charity Cornmisswjn in decidhng fiat aclwilies the church should dertake. The Unsung Heroes As always we are so very grateful to God for Ihe fantastic givmg of our coThJregation thal alows us to employ number ol people to help miristy and il is onty right pay lrilJJte to the gftat amy of volunteers vho faithfijlly latsc behind scenes. These lailhfLI souls do all ndS of 1hyS frLyn drivirNJ knes. leading youth activit. car pwk duty, deanlng. playing instruments. leading worship, fund raisirKJ. dow to door rytnessing. operating cameras to provide our o line services, welcomirKJ people at the doors. visiting housebound and providij (xèche fa(alilies. The whole churth functions and work because so many people play an importarrt. sometimes unseen part. 1Corinthians 15'.58 'Ahvays abounthng in the WO of the Lord. as as hyKMV. that our labour is not in vain in the lo." Thar you. thank you, thank you everyone.
WHITEWELL METROPOLITAN TABERNACLE TRUSTEES. REPORT (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2022 Achlevements and performance As this particular Wofklng year from 1st Odobef 2021 to 30th Seplember 2022 has progressed the previous restrfctions deemed necessary to combat the CovTrd 4xdemic have eased. Although Covld remains an is. lrfe seems to be retwnlNJ to t was deemed 'normal'. Actfvities that have needed io be suspended such as Girfs Brigade and Sc¢xrts for example have rbow been resurrected. Pe(4)le ¥e bad< al church Vth a measure of soaal dtanC1rj stll in place with regard to sealing. Some people with underfying health c¢yKems 5111 feel it best to watch the thurth ser¥lces onlne. 11 should be noted that out thurch Onrne mlnlsty has rnu51woomed over the past year. Pecple now watth our serlices by the hundreds sometimes thousands all over Ihe Bfitish Isles and all around the wodd in such places as Canada, United Stales, Australia. different parts ofAfrica. Europe and even Central and Soulh Arnerica. Wiat the apostle Paul says fegarding the church in 1Thessalonians 1".8 could be sald of WNtewell, "Forfnvn you the wo1 or the Lolll has sounded forth..... It is an awesome wiviiege to be able to minister to the people of God In all these places. Ovef the months the church services have been good and people have heard the Word of God with a far number coming to faith in Christ. There have been a number of baptismal 5erviGes wilh approximately 37 undergolng the ordinance Of'belVerS baplism,. Also. approximately 72 people have been publicly received into membershiplfelloAship. In December three nthv elders were PIldY Ordained. In Febnry Ihe churth celebrated it5 65th anniversary. In March, due to the increasing volume of work the thurth set up a D.S.T. (designated safeguarding team) to look after matters of safegLwding children and vulnerable adults. Tris involves a team of 5. one of whom is a servtng trustee. In June OLY new Shepherd's Academy completed ils first yew with an academy m&21 at Ihe mtanic Hotel tyth over 120 in attendance. In July we hosted a mernorial Servi for our late fcmjnder and Senkor Pastor James Mcconnell. This was well attended with missiorne5 and many other rninisters ailenth'ng. A new book about hks mlnlstry was also released on the nighl wiitten by John Mccreeth'e. Also In July, V4hitewell hosted a 4 day Elim V¥bnderous Bible W. So impressed were Elim with lacilities and slaff that they have eady rewe5ted the same tr July 2023. are delighted to waTk other believers. In August we officialty ordained to the mlnlstry Pastor Lance Gvwer as mrister of out daughter church in Newry. In September we agan were able to host our main outreach eVt called Alive Belfast 2022" %ilh evangelist and pastor Dawd Ham. from New Y(Kk. It byds a thoroughly successful and blessed event. We also saw aur Shepherd's Academy begin its sewnd year vrith a new influx of students mplementing our exlsting students. are already being asked ty churches wilhout a mini5ler aboul the possibility of students from our academy helping them and in Ihe ftrture studen15 even becoming their new mirNsters. Thi5 is an exciting develownenL Apart from our Sunday Sch(x)l all our youlh aGtivitie5 are again LV and running. This indudes tho already mentioned as well as our Saturday night Well Event. for the teens and young adults. It would seem our Sunday momirvJ hdrenS ChÉKch' has replaced the Sunday Schools. for now anyway. So, the Word of the Lord continues to be preached and t*Jght and a few of our AGademy students are now running our new Christians Coufse. Pastor David continues to expourMI the Scriptures each week laking on a 16 week sleS Ihi5 year on 1Corinthians 13, a series on the parables of Jesus and now a Series on the miracles of Jesus too. An interesting Bible Study series was also based on the classlc Pilgrims prng$s' book by John Bunyan. This proved irnrnensely helplul to many souls. Two other ministries ¢hat ccx)tinue lo make a difference are: The street project to the homeless. 'Manna formanl run by Slanley Donaghey . Our food hamper ministy by a W caled JE1 v4hich ingS food to needy famlhe5.
WHITEWELL METROPOLITAN TABERNACLE TRUSTEES. REPORT (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTENIBER 2022 Ethlapla & Kenya The Churth has ftnded and continues to a rnwnber of fNeiw missionary projects n Ethiow'a Kenya. These missions help relieve severe povety in the local areas ty a5SiSting in the provision of food and dothing. The mlss¢ons also help provide reli9i(w and secdar edall to the children and adutts of the area and also assists in providing medical e. The Church currenty funts three project in Ethiopia: Kwrfiu Comp)und. Babagaya sc01 & Church. and An Church. The Church also funds the Metropolitan Sanctuary Nyeri Church In Kenya. Hundreds of lives are being trhed in both locatlcKts as well as the woiecl empbyry (Ner 50 dldualS. We onb'nue to say lo God be the 910 Ethlopla Our Churth. Sthoo15 and Cl'nlcs at KwTftu. Bobagaya Ambo continue to support the needy chiklren. their familie5 and the local community the surroundirKJ vikges of BishoAu, Elhiopia. Our main as5i5tance is lo bring Christianity to all children from different ethr religions throuW Evangelism and the provision of ts'bliGaUy-ba$ed teaching. and to advan the education af all children and young adulis in the relief ol poverty and Inger. brirbging an hotislic approach to help the peot4e in these areas in their spwitual. edUGaInaI and physical needs. The Metropoliuan Tabemade Church in Ethiopia Ser the loGal commur&y in reach4vJ souls and whoe we have seen God's plans Gome to fruition over the mary years. The missionary Fxolect kn Ethiopia has weathered the CO storni and is emergvu and vibrart. It continues to be supported at home by Mrs Eleancf Mcclelland and her daughter Karen aloThJ with Pastor Mlchael Buntlng. Kenya The Metrwolitan Sanctuary for Children with fxsability contbrKd to offw services dwwNJ ts yw under Ihe leadership of Pasior Mary Ilknaom her de(Icated team. Dwing Y the sanciuary offered rehabilitatirn fA¥ices and Orgl$ed training for CommuiNty Health Volunteers and for care givers in the commlnity &tting aids. standing ads. stabilisers and theelchairs were given lo children in need. The sJKtuary aso provided soc1 support through the pft)vrsion of food packages, there were 15 famths supported wth food packages on a montNy basis. Meclical a55iStarKe. support lor famlll8s bereaved and home vlsiis also wovthd by the sanLknry staff. The Churth. IlYowJh the SalUy. can11Th to reath rnjt to ts local conNnunty. The Kenya missionary prg'e has weathefed the Covid slomi and is emerwvJ sm aKI vknrart it conimues to be supported at Irne by Pastor Frankie V4Èr. Flnanclal revlew The Board of Trustees consider that Ihe unrestricted fijnds of the charity have sufficient resources and assets available which ale adequate to fvlfil theif obligations. At 30 September 2022 the balan of urYestr£led reserves was £7.801.926 (2021- £7.838,318}. It is the pollcy of the chwch that urwestricled funds wlich have Tr)t been dwnated for a 5peGtfiG use should be maintained at a level equivalent to between al nine monlh's eXpen(tU. The trustees considers that reserves at itus level wi¥ ensure that, n the event of a s19rficant drop in funithng. they will be able to contiNe the church's cwrent acbvities while thwm is g'ven to ways In additKmal funds mwi be raised. This level of re5er¥es has been mainlained Ihroughout the year. The trustees have assessed the major iisks b) vrtxh Ihe thLYth is exposed, are satisfied that systems are in place to mtyate exp05we lo the malor risks.
WHITEWELL METROPOLITAN TABERNACLE TRUSTEES, REPORT (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2022 Structure. governance and management The church is constituted as trustees incOated as a tY was established by a charitable trust deed. The truslees seTved durhYJ the yw wvj up lo the date ofslwkn ofthe finan11 statements were: Pastor David Purse Mr Charfes Purse Pastor Robert Higgins The Oversight of the clKwch have, by res011cM ai a meeling of same, power to appclnl new trustees. Accardingly, on New Yearfs Eve 3 new eldefs were w)licly ordained. Two of In (kn course will te up the existing Iwo vacancies Ihe lJustees board. In June Mr5 Linda Hob5 retired after 40 years working on the office ovuseelng ackninislration. We thank her for the many years of ser¥ice and wish her a very hrypy retirement. Mrs Lillian McTemaghan also retired from her voluntary post of lelIng our Mum's and Toddlers gro vthith has been such a blessing to many farrilies. Again, thar Lilli for 1 her years of faithful service and wish her an equally happy retirement. ststement of trustees. re8ponslblllUes The trustees are responsible prepwing the TnJstees' Report and the ffinancial slaternents in attOrdan with applicable law and United KhvJdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Praciice). The law applicabfe to charities in NcKthem Iland reqLwes trustees to epare finwKial stalements frK each nancial year vthich give a trIE and fa'r ¥iew of the state of affaits of the chwch and of Ihe Incaning resources and application of re8owGes of the thurth for that year. In preparing these finandal statements. tru51ees we required to: - select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consist, - obseNe the methods and prinuples In Charities SORP 2015 (FRS 102): - make jLKlgemenls and eslimates that are as0natAe and prlert: - state whether applicable standard5 have beai folch%*d. sthiecl to any material departures disdosed arKI explained in the financial statements: • prepare the financial statements on the going concern basls it 15 inappropiiate to presurre that the charty will continue in operation. The trustees are re5P(Y15ible for keeping sufficient acc records Ihat thsclose with reasonable a¢curaw at any Ilme Ihe financial position of the church and enalAe them to ensure Ihat the financlal statements comply with the Charities Act Northem Ireland (2008). the Charity (Accounts and Reports) Regulations (Nofthem Ireland) 2015 and the provlsions of Ihe trust deed. They are also resp[ltsIe for safeguarding assets of the thurth and hence for taking rEasonable step5 for the prevents'on and detection of fraud and other irregularities. Thet ees. report apFYoved by the Bowd of Trustee av d Purse