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Charge Conference Resources

CHURCH CONFERENCE FORMS are now available on this page to download, complete, and upload to the church FormVite. 

The link to the church FormVite will be emailed by your District Office and will be located on the People Portal. Trainings focused on the People Portal, Open Enrollment for Pension & Benefits, and the Compensation Calculator will continue to be offered in October.  All forms are to be uploaded for submission to the district office by using the FormVite link. Contact the district office for more information.

*2026 Mission Share Letters will be mailed from the Conference Office to each Church on October 6. To receive a copy of this letter via email, please contact your district office. We hope to have these letters available on the website soon. 

Charge Conference - Common materials 

VIDEO

Learn about the Clergy Compensation Calculator and People Portal in this instructional video with Christy Bogner, conference CFO and Treasurer.

*FILL-IN PDF INSTRUCTIONS: Save a copy of the PDF forms to your computer first. Right click and choose "Save target as..." or "Save link as..." to save the document before opening. Then open with Adobe Reader to complete. Forms opened in a web browser window may not show the fill-in fields. Forms completed in browser windows cannot be saved. View information on how to fill-in PDF forms using the free Adobe Reader application.

If you are able to complete the forms in your browser, you can save the forms by using a PDF application. Instructions are posted below.

Housing resolution resources

Tax resources

The General Council on Finance and Administration (GCFA) has prepared a tax packet containing Q&As and forms for several items, including accountable reimbursement policies and mileage/local transportation expenses. These documents may answer many of your questions.

Other instructions

Vital Signs Dashboard: To look at statistics on the Vital Signs Dashboard, go to your reports page. To select your start date, use the calendar to scroll back to January. Click on Jan. 1 to choose that date. To choose your end date, use the calendar to scroll back to December of the same year and click on Dec. 31. Note: entering the date manually will not work. You must click on the date in the calendar. 

File Saving Work-around: To save your completed file, you need to download a PDF application that allows you save or print your document as a PDF. For this, we recommend Nitro PDF Reader. Go to www.gonitro.com/pdf-reader to download the free application.

To download the free application, you must enter your first and last name and email address. Nitro is a reputable software vendor and they will not use your email address to send you spam.

Once you enter your information, click the “Download Reader” button and then click the link “Download Nitro Reader (32 bit)” unless you know for certain you need a different version.

When the download is complete, launch the installation where your Internet browser saved it, and go through the installation prompts.

Once installed, open the PDF document with Nitro PDF Reader, make your changes, and click File Save As.

Nitro PDF Reader also installs a Nitro PDF Printer which allows you to save other document types as PDF documents. To use the PDF printer, click "print" from any document, select the Nitro PDF printer, click print and go through the prompts to save the PDF document. You will be able to give your document a name and choose the location to save the document at the time you print. No paper copy will come out of your desktop printer when you choose this option. You will need to switch back to your regular printer to make a print-out (on paper) of your form.

Related resources:

  • Mission Share Letters - Letters will be mailed from the Conference Office October 6, 2025. We hope to have the letters available to view and download here soon.
  • Continuing Education Report