Humility and Confidence in Sharing Faith
Strategic Objective: Develop and implement effective and connected regional and national strategies that result in growth within existing ministries, and by seeding and sustaining new expressions of communities of faith.
The first and leading priority is achieving the strategic objective related to growth. Working in partnership with regions and the Indigenous Church, we will advance three interconnected streams of work to revitalize and activate growth in the denomination: Renew; Create; Invite.
Renew
We will strengthen the capacities of existing communities of faith to welcome, attract, retain, transform, and send people into the world. The plan is for a creative, robust, clear, and coordinated set of resources to help communities of faith strengthen invitation and innovation, reducing current duplication and filling in key gaps.
Priority? | Key Activities | Progress |
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✓ | Tools and Accompaniment for Communities of Faith | Good |
Stewardship for Communities of Faith | Excellent | |
✓ | Moderator's Initiative: Church Workshops | Excellent |
| Renewing Francophone Communities | Good |
Create
Gathering from experience, mapping demographic information and assessing community needs, we will propose, develop, and create 100 new communities of faith with a view to their long-term sustainability.
Priority? | Key Activities | Progress |
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| Online Communities | Ended |
✓ | Regional Priority Communities | Good |
✓ | Migrant Communities | Excellent |
Intercultural Communities | Excellent | |
✓ | Francophone Communities | Excellent |
Diverse Identity Communities | Ended |
Invite
Drawing deep on the new Call and Vision, we will galvanize common identity and purpose across the church, strengthening the understanding of our discipleship in this time. We will develop ways to communicate effectively with different groups of the public about the spiritual home or pathways to home in the church, including renewing relationships in the 100th anniversary.
Priority? | Key Activities | Progress |
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| Engage with Call and Vision | Excellent |
✓ | Public Outreach: Communication Strategy | Excellent |
Francophone Outreach | Excellent | |
Centennial Commemoration Project | Good |
*Progress is determined from percentage completion of planned key results in a given quarter.
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