Tag: Mission Work Plan
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GAMC: World Mission adjusts structure, processes in light of strategic goals
I had hoped to blog last week about the General Assembly Mission Council's 2013-2016 Work Plan and other business coming to General Assembly. I will have to delay that until the end of next week. In the meantime, Presbyterian News Service has posted a piece about changes in the focus of World Mission that are…
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If it’s broke … (General Assembly Council). A Response.
Jack Haberer has published a piece in the Presbyterian Outlook called If it’s broke … that asks questions about the changes being made to the General Assembly Council of the Presbyterian Church (USA). He listed seven questions, and I gave my response to those questions on the Outlook website. Here is my response: I am…
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General Assembly Council: What Next?
There were several newsworthy decisions made by the General Assembly Council last week. Most of those have been well covered in the press. In my estimation, the most significant changes were adoption of the new governance plan and the Mission Work Plan, 2007-2008. This has generally been referred to as restructuring. While restructuring unquestionably is…
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“Roots” of The GAC Mission Work Plan
The Mission Work Plan for 2007-2008 grows from our understanding of our purpose, vision, mission, and context. Our general purpose is given to us in the Book of Order. We developed a vision statement that articulates who we want to become. We developed a mission statement that says broadly how we will achieve that vision.…
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I Think I Jumped the Gun.
I did a post half an hour ago called "'Roots' of the GAC Mission Work Plan" but I have pulled it and will post it Thursday morning. Right after I posted it, I got an e-mail informing the GAC that the business documents would be available on Thursday. So technically, fellow GAC members have not…
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GAC Mission Work Plan: 2007-2008
The "Mission Work Plan, 2007-2008" for the General Assembly Council (GAC) was made public today, so I can now offer some commentary. It has been a long but rewarding task, and I treasure having had the opportunity to work alongside fellow task force members in developing it over the last nine months. (Elder Charles Easley,…
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GAC September 23. Sipping From a Fire Hose.
The only metaphor I can think of for today is "sipping from a fire hose." This morning we heard three presentations about best practices for boards. The first presentation educated us a little about the Sarbanes Oxley Act and what it means for the PCUSA. The other two challenged us to understand our board role…
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GAC Mission Work Plan
I flew to Louisville last night and spent all day in a meeting of the GAC Mission Work Plan task force. We are refining the objectives, but more importantly, we are making headway on improvements in how the GAC determines objectives and sets priorities. There are other task forces at work here with us. We…