Annual Reporting for Churches
It's time once again for this important effort that enables the United Church of Christ to maintain accurate and current information on UCC churches and ministerial staff, as well as provide information that will assist Conferences, Associations and the national ministries of the denomination to identify and understand trends in membership, attendance and other factors that will impact programs and policies.
In case you were unaware:
Your church's 501(c)3 status is dependent on a current updated listing in the UCC Yearbook.
When your church is searching for a Pastor you will need current and updated data which comes from the UCC Yearbook. If no reports have been submitted for your church for five (5) years, all data reverts to zeros.
Step 1: Submit Projected Giving and Church Officers forms no later than February 7, 2025.
If your church hasn't had its congregational meeting to approve your 2025 budget, the 2025 Pledge Form should still be sent in with estimates. The Conference can't complete its 2025 budget until we have pledges from all the churches, so it's vital that we at least have estimates from you to work with.
We need EVERY CHURCH to fill out and return these manual forms no later than February 7, 2025 to Wende at wgonzales@uccswc.org (click below to access and print).
Church Officers (please scan completed officers forms in landscape/horizontal orientation, NOT portrait/vertical)
If the final numbers change, please send your revisions to Wende at wgonzales@uccswc.org.
Step 2: Submit annual reporting forms no later than March 21, 2025.
Enter your data ONLINE directly into the Engage platform.
ONLINE DATA HUB INSTRUCTIONS
Data Hub will be open to churches from January 22, 2025, at 10 am MST through March 21st, 2025.
(If your church is not capable of online reporting, please skip this part and scroll down to the manual form instructions.)
The Data Hub has been completely redeveloped and will look different this year. But don’t worry! Everything you need to know is in the Church Yearbook instructions.
Password note: Please note that if you currently have an account in the Engage system with a Conference/Association, Ministerial, or Reference role, you will continue to use that login information in the new system, but your functionality will grow to include Data Hub access. Otherwise, you will be prompted to create a new account when you access the new system for the first time.
Click here to access UCC Database and Directories (Data Hub)
12 Important Reasons to Submit Annual Data
Additional UCC Giving (Guide to all giving that be included in Additional UCC Giving, previously “Other UCC Giving”)
Yearbook Guide to Total Church Participants and Community Engagement Categories
The Data Hub will be available until March 21 at midnight EST. Please submit your data as early as possible to avoid potential delays if you should need assistance. Churches that complete their annual report AND answer the supplemental research questions will be entered in a drawing for one of several gifts.
Instructional Videos
Option 2: MANUAL FORM INSTRUCTIONS
Click here to access and print the form. Got questions about the data? Pages 1 - 8 of the Church Yearbook instructions do have some helpful tips to clarify the data that’s being collected.
Once it’s completed, please scan it and email it to Wende at wgonzales@uccswc.org or send it by U.S. Mail to Southwest Conference United Church of Christ, PO Box 44968, Phoenix AZ 85064-4968. If you mail copies to the conference office, please notify Wende that you're doing so, allow for postal service delays, and be sure to make and keep a set of copies for your records.
We need the completed manual forms returned no later than March 21 to allow us time to input the data.
If you require information regarding the previous years reporting, please contact Wende.