Benevolences

BCMC budgets regular contributions to the following organizations as the church community’s commitment.  These commitments are coordiinated and recommended by the Witness Commission.  In a number of cases, e.g. Bethel College and Kidron Bethel Village, the amount is a symbolic amount since members of the congregation give a substantial amount individually.  In other cases contributions reflect significant volunteer time.  Others represent some of the core church values.

• Bethel College
• Camp Mennoscah
• Circles of Hope
• Community Playschool
• Corinthian Plan Access
• Health Ministries of Harvey County
• Kidron Bethel Village
• Kansas Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution (KIPCOR)
• Mennonite Central Committee
• Mennonite Church USA
  • Executive Board
  • Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary
  • MennoMedia
  • Mennonite Education Agency
  • Mennonite Mission Network
  • Racial Ethnic
• Mennonite Disaster Service
• Mennonite World Conference
• Ministerial Alliance – Community Assistance Fund
• New Hope Shelter
• Offender Victim Ministries
• Peace Connections
• Prairie View Chaplaincy
• Western District Conference

Special Projects

A number of special projects are built into the fabric of congregational life and result in special contributions outside the formal budget each year.  These include:

• Caring Fund
• Harvest of Love (Salvation Army)
• Mennonite Central Committee
  • Meat Canning
  • My Coins Count
  • Relief Sale
• Scholarships to Mennonite colleges and universities