What process did the Task Force use to come to its conclusions?
The Task Force followed a 5-stage process: (1) Conducted environmental assessment (reviewing the Stewardship Study Commission report, BEHM statistics and MCSP profile including finances, attendance & age trends) and assessment of Provincial Stewardship (2) Completed extensive fact-finding (provincial agency interviews; survey of provincial ministers and DCE’s; input from the local congregations in the form of the 240 surveys received from the Intersynodal conference) (3) Focused on MCSP governance (reflections on Moravian theology with Dan Crews; review of ‘conferential’; workshop on “characteristics of good organizations” led by Lynn Trodahl Chynoweth, a Moravian from the Northern Province who is an organizational specialist) (4) Organized & analyzed results (5) Developed recommendations.
