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A Talk With the Treasurer on Church Finances (The Christian Science Journal, 2010)

The Christian Science Journal, November 2010, Annual Meeting 2010 Treasurer interview

The Christian Science Journal's November 2010 issue, carrying an Annual Meeting 2010 interview with Mother Church Treasurer Ned Odegaard, reporting that the Church held about 450 million dollars in funds on hand, annual expenditures of about 102 million dollars, and no outstanding indebtedness.

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Tier 1: The Christian Science Journal, the Church's own official monthly periodical published by The Christian Science Publishing Society, read directly, carrying an Annual Meeting 2010 interview with Mother Church Treasurer Ned Odegaard published in the November 2010 issue, reporting that the Church held about 450 million dollars in funds on hand, annual expenditures of about 102 million dollars, and no outstanding indebtedness. A primary institutional statement of the Church's own reported figures, from the Church's own publication, not an independently audited public financial statement released to the general public.
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The Christian Science Publishing Society
Publication Year
2010
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https://journal.christianscience.com/issues/2010/11/128-11/a-talk-with-the-treasurer-on-church-finances
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Source A Talk With the Treasurer on Church Finances (The Christian Science Journal, 2010)
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This source backs 12 claims across the atlas. As facts: 10 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 holds. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

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  • Sources, 7 claims: 6 well-attested, 1 holds.
  • Denominations, 5 claims: 4 well-attested, 1 general references.
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