An Update from Scott
Budget & Financial Updates
2025 Budget - The Lord Provides
The 2025 budget results are in, and one word could sum up a response to the final numbers: gratitude. Gratitude to the Lord for his continued faithfulness in providing for the work of his church through DPC. Gratitude for the generosity of the DPC church family. Gratitude for the many ways God has used the giving of our church to spur ministry activities from the heart of downtown Greenville to around the world. Below are some highlights from 2025 and 2026.
First, we were very close to meeting our 2025 Annual Budget goal through our Tithes and Offering (General Fund) giving (“T&O Giving”). T&O Giving is contributions given by our church family to the overall ministry of DPC and not designated for specific needs we have from time to time. Because of the purchase of the large parking lot behind our building, our building loan, and marginally increased operational expenses, our 2025 Annual Budget was the highest in DPC’s history. Thankfully, our 2025 T&O giving was also the most DPC has ever received.
2025 Annual Budget $4,019,081.00
2025 T&O Giving $3,981,292.00
2025 Difference -$37,789.00
Despite this slight shortfall of around $38K, if we review the numbers from a different perspective, our 2025 T&O Giving did, in fact, enable us to cover our 2025 expenses. This is due to DPC staff exercising careful stewardship over their 2025 budgets, in almost all cases coming in below their forecasted budget. Knowing that we were in a challenging fiscal situation due to the increased expenses associated with our building and parking lot loans, our staff did a remarkable job holding tight on expenses, coming in about $182,000 under budget, which resulted in the surplus shown below. Typically any surplus goes towards local and global missions and paying down principal amounts in our loans while setting some aside in our maintenance reserve fund (e.g., HVAC repairs, parking lot repaving, etc.). As these numbers have recently come in, our Diaconate and Session will be assessing how any surplus funds can best be used both to further ministry and be fiscally responsible in light of current obligations.
2025 Actual Expenses $3,836,836.00
2025 T&O Giving $3,981,292.00
2025 Surplus $144,456.00
Not only was our 2025 T&O Giving the highest in DPC’s history, our overall giving in 2025 was also the highest we have seen since 2021 and 2022’s Flourish Building Campaign. We had a number of opportunities to dig deeper to meet needs in our city, our newest daughter church, Good Shepherd, mission trips to Puerto Rico and Uganda, and the benevolence needs of our own church family. A number of us also contributed towards our building and parking lot loans, which will provide the opportunity to pay down principal amounts of those loans and/or have some cushion for covering cash flow required monthly to pay these two mortgage obligations.
When we include all of these other ministry opportunities, the total for 2025 giving was $4.68 million, which is significantly more than 2024’s overall total of $4.00 million. And, this extraordinary giving was in a year in which we sent 53 adults and 56 children to our church plant, Good Shepherd Presbyterian Church, which in many cases can result in a challenging financial year as giving is redirected to their new church. Bottom line? The Lord has provided, and abundantly so.
2025 T&O Giving $3,981,292.00
Greenville Food Banks $10,792.00
Benevolence Fund $107,107.00
DPC Mission Trips $76,600.00
Good Shepherd Property $244,887.00
Parking Lot Fund $196,643.00
Building Fund $59,613.00
Total DPC Giving $4,676,934.00
2026 Budget - Investing in God’s Work in Greenville and Beyond
In 2026, our total budgeted expenses are $4,201,083. This is a 4.5% increase from 2025’s budget of $4,019,081. In addition to covering our 2026 ministry expenses, this amount includes the debt payments on our building and parking lot loans, the principal amounts of both reflected below:
Building Loan $6,907,825
Parking Lot Loan $4,750,000
To provide some more detail on 2026 ministry expenses, the 2026 budget can be found HERE. If you have any questions about the budget, please reach out to discuss further.
General & Administrative Updates
New Assistant Pastor - Wilson Jamison
We are thrilled that our newest Assistant Pastor, Wilson Jamison, will be joining us (pending approval by Calvary Presbytery on February 7) on staff in February. Wilson and his wife, Lindsey, and son, Noah, come to us from Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Jackson, Mississippi. Wilson will be primarily overseeing our Community Group and Young Adult Ministries. His installation service is currently scheduled for Sunday evening, February 22, at 5:00pm. Please plan to join us for this worship service and welcome Wilson, Lindsey, and Noah to Greenville!
2025 Building Use Update
In 2025, in addition to our weekly worship services and numerous DPC ministry activities and events in our building, we opened up our building to 20 local ministries and non-profit organizations who were able to use our space for both one-time and recurring activities. Examples include the Greenville Historical Society Lecture Series, YoungLives Fundraising Banquet, Big Bro Lil Bro Events, iFace Training, Furman RUF 25th Year Anniversary Celebration, Young Life Staff Training, and the Upstate Debate Club. When we moved into our new building four years ago, we were praying that the building would be used to bless our city. We continue to see multiple ways that our space is being used to love our neighbors well.
Executive for Church Leadership