Learnings ASSUMPTIONS CORE VALUES MISSION STATEMENT NETWORKS Core Assumptions The Spirit of God is at work among the people of God Its not the church of God that has a mission Its the mission of God that has a ID: 599546
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Presbytery experiment
LearningsSlide2
ASSUMPTIONS
CORE VALUES
MISSION STATEMENT
NETWORKSSlide3
Core Assumptions
The Spirit of God is at work among the people of God.
It’s not the church of God that has a mission. It’s the mission of God that has a
church
The local church is the basic unit of mission
.
Innovation and change is going to best be initiated at the grassroots level vs. priorities set from the top
.
Move from maintenance to innovation and
experimentationSlide4
Core Values
Learnings
Of the 3
values mentioned in the survey we
are nurturing Opportunities
for
Discussion the most (49%
)
We want to improve our Evangelism/Mission Outreach (48%)Slide5
Mission Statement
(
Adopted September 2011
)
God’s
mission in the world calls the Presbytery of the Inland Northwest to
unleash, empower, and equip local
congregations
as
living witnesses to
Spirit’s
reconciling
work in Jesus Christ
.Slide6
Networks & Partnerships
We have many ongoing and emerging partnerships among PIN churches
See the list in the reportSlide7
ORGANIZATIONAL
STRUCTURESlide8
Council
18 Members
2 Ex-Officio
Former Centralized
Organization of Presbytery
COM
CE
CLP
JW
Meet
NCD
Nom
COLD
Personnel
CPM
PAMSI
Rep. Com
Tech.
Trustee
Camp
E.P.
St.
Cl
P.W.
PJC
AC’s
Sexual
Mis
-conduct
LPCDC
West.
Out.
Pro.
Liberty
RMR
Chair
Pres
ModSlide9
Council
Transformed Model of Organization
Camp
P.W.
PJC
AC’s
Sexual
Mis
-conduct
LPCDC
West
Out
.
Pro.
Liberty
RMR
Strategic Team
Vision Team
Administration Team
Commissions
Boards
Standing Committees
CPM
NOM
CLP
COM
CORSlide10
Council
Serves as the “Session” of the presbytery
Comprised of 13 people
Former Moderator of presbytery (moderates council)
2 members from each team (6 total)
2 at large members
Moderator of presbytery
Clerk
EP
COM chairperson
Significant commitment
Council recommends changing the name to Leadership Team (see business meeting)Slide11
3 Teams
Administration
This team fulfills responsibilities of the presbytery regarding finance, personnel, and representation
Strategic
This team focuses on encouraging partnerships and oversees church grants based on equipping leaders and church transformation
.
Strategic team plans
presbytery
gatherings
and the annual pastor/CRE retreat.
Vision
Coordinates the Future Church project and continues big picture thinking/dreaming.Slide12
Presbytery Gatherings
We are more likely to attend presbytery gatherings (60%) and they are more meaningful at least at times (89%)
Meeting Attendance
Reviewing The overall attendance is slightly lower on Saturday meetings.
(
Overall for both TE and RE - Saturday 40%; non Saturday 45.7
% since 2008)
Experimentation
We have been more willing to try new things (63%)
OTHER
LEARNINGSSlide13
Future Church Project
Future Church Project is in line with our new mission statement (86%)
Key Concepts
God
is already ahead of us in our neighborhoods and communities.
We
are looking at how we might join with what God is up to in the neighborhood.
We
want to pay attention to the stories of people in our neighborhood and listen to
what
this might mean for us as a church.
Experimentation
Action/Reflection learningSlide14
People appreciate the form of the presbytery on the whole as well as the trajectory
(save
for a few voices), but there is a lot of room to grow in the execution of mission.
SUMMARY STATEMENTSlide15
Next Steps
Conversation in one of the areas:
Organizational structure/Communication—Lakeside Room
Nurturing Evangelism/Mission Outreach—Conference Room—level 300
Future Church Project--Lower Dining Hall
Innovative Edge—Upper Lakeside Room
Council meeting this summer
September Presbytery follow up