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If you would like to give a monetary gift to say thank you to a church or ministry (ex. for the use of their space, etc.) you can request a honorarium check be sent from Reliant directly (NOT from petty cash). Please email events@reliant.org and send the name of the church/ministry, their address, the amount, with the electronic approval from the summer programs director.event advance).

You can fill out a check request and share it with collegiate.program@reliant.org. 

Speaker Compensation: Honorariums 

If your summer program includes guest speakers and your program wants to contribute financially to help offset their travel costs to the summer program, please provide the Reliant summer program coordinator with a a list of speakers, the dates they are coming, and how much you would like to contribute towards their travel expenses .  You can send this list in advance either all at once at the beginning of the summer or each month, etc.  If you send the list in advance, Reliant will email to confirm that the speakers did in fact come and speak before processing by filling out a speaker payment request form. 

You can send this form at the beginning of the program with a list of all the speaker information. You will need to add a comment to confirm when the speakers do in fact arrive before Reliant will process the request. 

In most cases, if the speaker is a Reliant missionary, Reliant will then transfer the pre-determined honorarium amount into the MTD account the speaker is responsible with Reliant. The transfer will occur the month after they speak at the summer program.  If the speaker is speaking at the beginning of a month, a special request can be made to have the honorarium transferred at the end of that current month, rather than waiting until the next month. It is our preference that all transfers be made after they speak to ensure the need for the transfer.

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• Reliant missionaries who have healthy balances (no backpay) in the MTD account they are responsible for with Reliant will see the pre-determined transfer amount increase the available funds (in the MTD account) to be used towards paying their reimbursements.  They can then submit a reimbursement for their travel costs (payable out of the MTD fund they are responsible for) for ministry expenses they incur for their role as a summer program speaker.  The reimbursement submitted to the MTD fund they are responsible for can be more, less, or equal to the provided honorarium amount given.  However, any reimbursement amount above the given honorarium transfer will be reimbursed from the Reliant missionary account they are responsible for (from MTD funds raised by the missionary ) as there will not be an additional transfer from the summer program account. 

• For those Reliant missionaries who have unpaid backpay, the transfer will increase the available funds to be used for their payroll expenses, including any unpaid backpay. In this scenario it is still recommended that the missionary submit reimbursement for their costs incurred to speak at the summer program.  However, the reimbursement will not be eligible for payment until the missionary has been paid all their outstanding backpay.  Reliant keeps reimbursements on file for the current year plus 2 previous calendar years so there is time for the missionary to raise the extra support for the reimbursement to be paid at a later date when funds are available.

Exception for requesting a speaker flight to be paid for from the summer program fund directly:

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