April 13, 2016
From Bishop Elaine Stanovsky:
From Bishop Elaine Stanovsky:
Some
people in the Rocky Mountain Conference wonder why, if Yellowstone is
struggling, Rocky Mountain would want to “take on” the struggling
Conference. It’s not a matter of one conference taking on the other.
From the beginning we have known that declining trends are similar in
the two conferences. But creating a new conference isn’t so we can
manage decline. It’s to create a strategic partnership to cultivate a
new season of Wesleyan vitality.
Take a look at the vital signs Rocky Mountain Statistician, Dennis Shaw prepared for the Mission Shaped Future Committees (below). Both Conferences need to think afresh about how we engage the people outside our churches in the life-giving ministry of Christian discipleship, and how we use resources to do so. Does it make sense to do this work together as a single conference? Could creation of a new conference be the occasion for revival of the Wesleyan Spirit?
Take a look at the vital signs Rocky Mountain Statistician, Dennis Shaw prepared for the Mission Shaped Future Committees (below). Both Conferences need to think afresh about how we engage the people outside our churches in the life-giving ministry of Christian discipleship, and how we use resources to do so. Does it make sense to do this work together as a single conference? Could creation of a new conference be the occasion for revival of the Wesleyan Spirit?
Read more at this link.
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