The Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand seeks to regulate financial appeals launched by Presbyterian people, whether by individuals, groups of persons, or Church institutions, and addressed to Presbyterian people individually, or to a regional area of the Church, or to the whole Church. The reason for seeking to regulate financial appeals within the Church is to avoid the risk of special appeals clashing with each other, to guard against random appeals made without the knowledge and authority of the Church, and to provide for the exercise of some general oversight and control of the finance of the whole Church.
Regulations 388, 389 and 390 are not intended to include financial appeals by the Schools and Colleges of the Church, whether incorporated or not, or by other incorporated bodies for their own purposes in the ordinary course of administration (such as maintenance and ordinary working expenses) and directed to persons interested in the advancement of the School or College or institution concerned. Where, however, such appeals are made for capital purposes directed to Presbyterian people through the regular channels of the Church i.e., through Presbyteries, Ministers, and Congregations, the Regulations shall apply.
The Regulations are intended to include financial appeals by groups and bodies of the Church (for other than Budget purposes which come before the Administration and Finance Policy Group in the regular way); by individual Presbyterians; or groups of Presbyterians, to Presbyterians and others, for some Church scheme which they are pioneering. Such appeals come within the scope of the Regulations as soon as the intention is expressed by the promoters to fund an institution of the Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand. Until such an intention takes shape the Church has no jurisdiction to control or direct the appeal.
Where the exigencies of a situation call for urgency in the consideration of a proposed financial appeal the Presbyteries and the Administration and Finance Policy Group will be expected to give speedy consideration to the proposal.