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Title: Pacific Southwest Mennonite Conference


1
Pacific Southwest Mennonite Conference
  • Transformed in Mission Doing Gods Business - a
    new organizational paradigm
  • 2002-2006 Strategic Plan
  • Adopted, PSMC Board of Directors
  • August 2002, Phoenix, AZ

2
Our vision is to be transformed in mission, doing
Gods work in community
  • Purpose
  • We work together as Pacific Southwest Mennonite
    Conference to equip congregations to engage in
    worship, mission and fellowship so that we are
    fully participating in the life and witness of
    Mennonite Church USA
  • Values
  • Christ the life, teachings, death and
    resurrection of Jesus shape conference life
  • Community we support each other by sharing
    resources, blessings, and grace
  • Communication sharing our stories in mutual
    relationship
  • Cultures many traditions at the conference
    table
  • Credibility transparency in personal and
    financial relationships
  • Credentials lay and pastoral ministry for
    living faith

3
Discipleship, reconciliation and community in
fellowship describe our 5 year conference
objectives
  • Community of congregations
  • Administrative and pastoral skills consistently
    present for the PSMC board to govern wisely,
    supporting development and maintenance of vital
    member congregations
  • Christian stewardship fully embraced releasing
    resources for congregational and conference life
    and witness
  • Retreat ministries offer inspirational and
    popular programming across all age, demographic
    and geographic boundaries
  • Discipleship
  • Pastors formally credentialed for congregational
    and conference leadership
  • Lay leaders consistently commissioned for
    congregational and conference roles
  • Reconciliation
  • Conference leadership, Assembly worship and
    attendance reflects congregational diversity
  • Greater collaboration and affiliation with other
    Anabaptist groups across the street and around
    the world
  • Church planting strategies continue to be
    developed and implemented through the Conference
    Mission Team

4
Congregations that participate fully in the life
and witness of PSMC embody the following key
behaviors
  • Designated, conference credentialed pastoral
    leadership identified, and congregationally
    commissioned lay leadership
  • Missional vitality through a congregational life
    of intercessory prayer, community ministry and
    leadership development - including the process
    for forming new disciples
  • Weekly assembly for worship, at a minimum, and
    administration of the ordinances of baptism,
    Lords Supper and footwashing when appropriate
  • Formalized congregational documents that assist
    in the process of working through issues of life
    and faith (e.g. by-laws, vision, purpose, and
    mission statements, congregational confessions of
    faith, pastoral and lay leader position
    descriptions, written decision making models)
  • Prepared annual business reports for their
    membership that detail both financial and risk
    management activities complying with legal and
    good business practice requirements.
  • Expressed solidarity with the Confession of Faith
    in a Mennonite Perspective
  • Participation in PSMC Assemblies sending, at a
    minimum, pastoral leadership and delegates as
    allowed under the PSMC by-laws
  • Offering either the minimum community
    contribution or the first fruits of
    congregational stewardship to further PSMC and
    denominational efforts

5
For 2002-3, the objectives that will help us
attain our long-term goals
  • Community of congregations
  • 75 of member congregations send identified
    delegates to at least one Assembly
  • 50 of member congregations contribute at or more
    than the minimum recommended community
    contribution financial giving level
  • Personnel Committee identifies overall
    administrative, business and pastoral skill sets
    needed in PSMC Board of Directors
  • At least 75 of MC USA program agencies and
    boards have members from PSMC
  • Discipleship
  • Personnel Committee identifies core competencies
    for Conference Ministers
  • Conference Ministers complete personal
    developmental plans
  • Pastoral Leadership Committee completes
    commissioning process for congregational lay
    leaders
  • Reconciliation
  • Add at least one new ethnic tradition in church
    planting efforts (Korean)
  • Start at least one new church plant in Northern
    California (South Bay)
  • Reassess conference role in Native American
    ministries (Arizona)
  • Invite fraternal Anabaptist attendance at 2002-3
    Assemblies

6
Our proposed strategic planning process reflects
our mission and values
  • PSMC Board of Directors
  • Develops and monitors plan
  • Solicits information and input from pastors and
    delegates
  • Actions
  • Highlighted by area
  • Implemented 7/1
  • Planning
  • Mission/Purpose
  • Goals/Priority development
  • Assigned Actions
  • August
  • Evaluation
  • Mission/Purpose
  • Goals Achieved
  • Conference Staff Reports
  • Priority Review/Amend targets
  • October April

7
The planning cycle is coordinated with the fiscal
cycle. For this coming year
8
Appendix
  • PSMC Board of Directors
  • Revised Governance Structure
  • 8/02

9
Moving forward we need to continue to adjust our
structures to reflect evolving contextual
realities
Note Retreat Ministries and CAL are
cross-denominational affiliates of PSMC
10
Our organization must be able to support evolving
and ongoing programs and resource development
Notes Retreat Ministries and CAL are
cross-denominational affiliates of PSMC
11
We also need to address our multicultural and
geographical diversity on an ongoing basis
  • Goals
  • 3 regions NCA, SCA, and AZ
  • EC members - represent 3 regions
  • 7 addl BOD members- represent 3 regions
  • BOD reflecting ethnic diversity
  • BOD inclusive of ministerial, business
    management, writing, accounting, and legal
    functional skills

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