GCAS Posts 2009 Annual Report
[Silver Spring, MD, December 7, 2010] General Conference Auditing Service (GCAS) has made available on its website their 2009 Annual Report titled “Give With Confidence”. This report was presented to the 2010 General Conference Annual Council by the GCAS Director, Paul Douglas. A copy of this report can be viewed and downloaded by visiting their website: www.gcasconnect.org.
GCAS continues to leverage their financial and human resources to enhance the “credibility cycle” which summarizes the journey of each contribution as it becomes a part of the Church’s ministry. Since October 2009, GCAS has refocused its activities toward a global brand and not the borders associated with the 13 world divisions of the Church; reorganized its service areas while providing centralized strategic support and oversight; rebalanced the ratio of senior leadership positions to engagement team positions; and redefined job descriptions to provide more opportunities for professional advancement.
“We are committed to the global delivery of excellence and expect that in service to God, our employees must perform at the highest professional standards, our expenditures must produce the highest professional value, and our engagements must present the highest professional quality,” said Paul Douglas.
The Seventh-day Adventist Church is supported by the charitable giving of our members. “As a church member who sits in the pew each week, I value the knowledge that our Church has an organization such as GCAS which promotes transparency and accountability in financial reporting” said Jack Krogstad, GCAS Board Chairman.
GCAS was organized in 1977 by the Seventh-day Adventist Church to perform structurally independent financial audits, reviews of trust operations, and tests of policy compliance for more than 2700 denominational organizations worldwide that have an estimated asset base of US$20 billion. With a team of approximately 200 highly qualified professionals operating from offices in 45 countries, GCAS is positioned to deliver audits of the highest quality at the best economical value.