Resources for Congregations

New to the Conferences? Not sure about how the law impacts your ministry? Here are a few tips we have compiled to help out. Click on your conference to read more.

• Iowa Conference
• Nebraska Conference (not available at this time)
• South Dakota Conference (not available at this time)

The Church Building & Loan Fund has provided resources in a variety of formats to help churches in structural transition:

• Video recording of Webinar, “Facing Your Church Building’s Uncertain Future”
• Audio Recording of Webinar, “Facing Your Church Building’s Uncertain Future”
• Notes on webinar, conversation, decision-making, funding and financing resources of Webinar, “Facing Your Church Building’s Uncertain Future”
• Powerpoint of “What’s the ‘Why?’ of Your Church: Optimize Church Porperty to Advance Your Mission”

• UCC Pension Board Health and Dental Plan Highlights and Rates
• IRS Mileage Guidelines

Salary and benefit guidelines for clergy in the Iowa, Nebraska and South Dakota Conferences of the UCC are reviewed and approved annually. These are guidelines approved by the 2024 annual meetings for the year 2025:

• 2025 Iowa salary and benefit guidelines
• 2025 Nebraska salary and benefit guidelines
• 2025 South Dakota salary and benefit guidelines