Membership Fees

Membership Benefits:

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BCCM is working to:

• promote dialogue among Black people and their allies to foster multicultural understanding and community         building;

• develop programs that empower the Black community;

• strengthen and encourage pastors and ministers in supporting their congregants;

• empower pastors and ministers through education and training;

• facilitate joint advocacy efforts with a group of committed colleagues;

• provide updates on local, state, and national legislation, funding, and policies; and

• provide occasions to learn from and network with colleagues.

Individual Proposed Fee: Clergy – Not Pastoring

Each clergy person who is not pastoring a congregation shall submit an annual membership fee of $250.00 due and payable in full by December 1 of each year. A clergy who joins before June 1 shall pay $250.00. A clergy who joins after June 1 shall pay $200.00. Payments of no less than $25.00 plus a 10 percent processing fee can be submitted monthly.

Clergy – Students

Each clergy person who is not pastoring a congregation and is a student is encouraged to seek a person or entity/church or church organization to sponsor the $250.00 fee, which is due and payable in full by December 1 of each year. A student clergy who joins before June 1 shall pay $250.00. A student clergy who joins after June 1 shall pay $165.00. Payments of no less than $25.00 plus a 10 percent processing fee can be submitted monthly.

Pastor/Church Proposed Fee Schedule

Each clergy person who is pastoring a congregation shall submit an annual membership fee according to the schedule listed below, A clergy who joins before June 1 shall pay the full fee. A clergy who joins after June 1 shall pay two-thirds of the fee. Payments of no less than $100.00 plus a 10 percent processing fee can be submitted monthly.

Member dues are based on the prior year’s annual expenses. If your church has operated for less than a year, your dues will be $500.00.