Over 150 years ago, a small group of people called Methodists gathered in Apex, North Carolina. Slowly, faithfully, deliberately, these people built a church – both literally and figuratively. They built a physical structure to house worship and provide space for mission and ministries. They built a spiritual structure to bring people hope, healing, community, and a deeper relationship with Jesus Christ. Over time, this foundation has grown bigger, stronger, and more substantial than those who gathered back in 1870 could ever have imagined.

The single stand-alone sanctuary is now a sprawling campus that covers nearly two city blocks, with facilities totaling 82,876 square feet. The buildings include three worship spaces, 29 classrooms, four kitchens, a welcome center with coffee bar, a gym and a film studio. In addition to hosting our weekly adult, youth, and children’s Christian formation programming, there is space for a preschool, a resource center with tutoring and immigration services, ministry space for Fiesta Cristiana, meeting spaces for support groups like Al-anon and Arch to Freedom (AA), classroom spaces used by BSA and Girls’ scouting programs, an office space for Triangle Pastoral Counseling services, and program space for Canzion (a weekly Hispanic music school), Noah’s Ark (a full-day childcare program), and Skip-its (a weekly jump rope group).

The congregation has grown to a church that now has more than 3,000 members, a worshipping community of 533 average per week (post-pandemic), a youth program with 140 in weekly attendance, a children’s program with an average of 86 in attendance weekly on Sunday mornings, a music program with 2 bands, 4 vocal choirs, and 5 handbell groups for people of all ages. Throughout the year, an estimated 352 adults are engaged in some form of class, bible study or small group.

Over the past few years, we have weathered some pretty serious storms. We have experienced the pandemic, the separation of the Apex UMC Family, and some serious financial strains. However, the Apex UMC rock remains strong.

The rock of Apex UMC is ready to move FORWARD. It is ready to build upon the work of the past in order to move FORWARD in faith. In order to do so, we need to half our debt. By bringing the debt down to an affordable level we can reach financial sustainability and keep our church foundational for generations to come.

1990s Properties acquired, parsonage constructed and sanctuary expanded.

1999 Completed the Christian Life Center.

2000 Remodeled Fellowship Hall #2. Cumulative debt was $3.3 million.

2010 Imagine the Possibilities Capital Campaign raised $1.9 million. Start multi-site.

2011 -2012 Removed Fellowship Hall #1, completed construction of the Discipleship Center, Crossroads, Worship Arts building, and a major renovation of the sanctuary, total cost $6.9 million. Cumulative debt was $8.3 million.

2014 Claiming God’s Future Capital Campaign raised $1.8 million. Cumulative debt was $6.5 million.

2014-2020 Paid off $1.3 million in principal debt.

2019 Multi-site becomes Cooperative Parish (Apex UMC Family of Faith).

2020-Now Stopped principal payments – paying interest only. Cumulative debt today is $5,184,089.

2021 Dissolution of Cooperative Parish (Apex UMC Family of Faith).

• Monthly-we are currently paying $20,000 interest only.
• Our yearly interest & principal currently would be $480,000 (if we were doing both).
• Resume principal payments no later than July 1, 2025.
• We have to pay all principal (current and deferred) $5,184,089, by July 1, 2035.
• Our annual operating budget is $1,965,363.

We ask that you faithfully consider making a pledge toward the FORWARD campaign. The pledge is above and beyond your annual giving to the church and can be spread out over three years. You can enter your pledge online or fill out your pledge card and bring it to worship on Commitment Sunday; February 19, 2023.

In this brochure, you’ll find a number of additional creative giving strategies you can use to give.

Click here to process a one time gift.

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Checks should be made payable to Apex UMC. You may choose the Forward Capital Campaign by noting it in the memo line.
Checks can be mailed to:
Apex UMC
100 S. Hughes Street
Apex, NC 27502

You can enter your pledge online or fill out your pledge card and bring it to worship on Commitment Sunday; February 19, 2023.

Please view these instructions or email the Finance Office: finance@apexumc.org, if you have any questions on how to process your stock donation.

If you have questions about giving, tithes or offerings at Apex UMC, please email the Finance Office, finance@apexumc.org