How to calculate your church's membership contribution

1. Identify the base contribution, corresponding to the number of members in your church from the table below.

WCC membership calculation structure
Number of members		Base contribution in CHF
From	To
0	24 999	1 000
25 000	39 999	2 500
40 000	59 999	4 000
60 000	99 999	6 000
100 000	149 999	10 000
150 000	249 999	15 000
250 000	499 999	25 000
500 000	1 499 999	50 000
1 500 000	2 499 999	150 000
2 500 000	3 499 999	250 000
3 500 000	4 999 999	315 000
5 000 000	6 999 999	370 000
7 000 000	9 999 999	425 000
10 000 000	13 999 999	475 000
14 000 000	19 999 999	525 000
20 000 000	49 999 999	575 000
50 000 000	More...	600 000

Fictitious example: Church of the People has 2,300,000 members its base contribution is CHF 150,000

2. Relate the GDP (Gross Domestic Product) of the country or countries where your church is located to the GDP of our richest member church country, i.e. the United States at $34,320. See below for a table of GDP data.

Fictitious example: Church of the People is located in Tanzania, which has a GDP of $ 520, related to the US GDP of $34,320 this represents 1.5% (520/34,320*100) of the capacity to pay the base contribution.

3. Relate the capacity to the base contribution

Fictitious example: Church of the People, located in Tanzania, has the capacity to pay 1.5% of the base contribution of CHF 150,000 i.e. CHF 2,250

4. Compare the adjusted contribution to most recent contributions. Churches will not be asked to pay less than in previous years; all churches pay a minimum of CHF 1,000.

Fictitious example: Church of the People contribution CHF 3,500 in 2007 amount requested for 2008: CHF 3,500