Retiring BC Synod Treasurer Gene Blishen presented the budget for July12010 to June 30, 2010. Mr. Blishen told how the synod has been encumbered by a lawsuit brought by former member congregation, Christ the King Lutheran in Surrey. ”We’ve been crippled with that action,” says Blishen. The legal action remains pending and relates to who is entitled to approximately $470,000 of proceeds previously received on the sale of land on which the Church formerly operated. The $470,000 proceeds remain in a legal trust account.
Though being cautioned that, “Just because it’s in the budget doesn’t mean you have the money to spend,” delegates voted in favour of giving synod council the discretion to increase the youth program budget line to $5,000 and the campus ministry budget line to $7,500.
