Community-Building Through Inquiry and Action
A Report on the 2024 360 Review of the Moravian Church Southern Province Provincial Elders Conference and Provincial Staff
Published Feb 3, 2025
Written and edited by Rebecca Craver and Patti H. Clayton Designed and formatted by SamLevi Sizemore
Laity Report Summary. Laity Bulletin Insert Summary.
Ministry Professionals Report Summary.
From May 2024 through January 2025 the leadership body of the Moravian Church of the Southern Province (MCSP) – the Provincial Elders Conference (PEC) and Provincial staff – conducted a 360 review of itself in order to assess its progress and guide its future activities during the remainder of the 2022 – 2026, quadrennial. Grounded in commitment to shared ownership of the process, several ministry professionals and lay members as well as PEC members and staff co-created an online survey (to which any and all members of the MCSP community were welcome to respond) and analyzed the responses.
Individual congregations are encouraged to reflect – and act – on the implications of what we have learned for your own ministries.
Overall, this review process has confirmed that the MCSP community of lay members, ministry professionals, PEC members, and Provincial staff are eager to learn, grow, and take action together as we seek to live out what and who we want to be in today’s world.
If you have any questions after reviewing the report, please direct them to Rebecca Craver, Director of the Commission on Congregational Development, at [email protected]
Acknowledgements
Thank you to the many people who participated in this pilot of assessment as co-inquiry for your time, insights, and wisdom that have shaped the process and this report:
| Deb Aboudara Matthew Allen Burke Bovender Rachael Butts Evette Campbell Dion Christopher Christy Clore Mike Hanes Keith Kapp Dana Myers |
Margaret Norris Katie Rainey John D. Rights Neil Routh Lane Sapp Jami Vandock Riddick Weber Andi Williams Ministry/educators at MMA 9/5/24 |
Please cite as: Craver, R., Clayton, P. H., & Sizemore, SL. (2025). Community-building through inquiry and action: A report on the 2024 360 review of the Moravian Church Southern Province Provincial Elders Conference and Provincial staff. Moravian Church Southern Province.
Sample Data Analyses
Sample data analysis 1: 15-scale items ranked
Sample data analysis 2: Factors that build and factors that erode trust
Sample data analysis 3: Recommended PEC priorities
Sample data analysis 4: Ranking of priorities for Provincial staff time
Sample data analysis 5: Perceptions of interactions with the PEC
Sample data analysis 6: Desired improvements within the PEC
Sample data analysis 7: Additional thoughts respondents wanted to to share
Hoped for Outcomes/Recommendations
Hoped for Outcome 1: Ever-deeper relational ministry
Hoped for Outcome 2: A growing, cyclical culture of inquiry and assessment, in the service of continuous growth and improvement
Hoped for Outcome 3: Responsive, transparent, and consistent communication strategy
Hoped for Outcome 4: Thoughtful strategy for discerning the need to close or merge congregations
Hoped for Outcome 5: Established pathways and processes for developing leadership and a strong sense of community Province-wide
Hoped for Outcome 6: Updated, clear, accessible official Provincial documents
Hoped for Outcome 7: Relationships of mutual trust between the PEC / Provincial staff and ministry professionals / laity
Supplemental Material
A: Results from 15 scale items
B. Results from survey question on interactions with the PEC
C: Results from survey question on most important thing PEC / staff does
D. Laity Report Summary. Laity Bulletin Insert Summary.
E. Ministry Professionals Report Summary.
