Region Consultation and Online Survey

I am sending the following announcement to our churches and pastors sometime today or tomorrow:

The Region Board and I wish to inform the churches, pastors and leaders of the ABC-Northwest that we have contracted with Dr. Bill Hoyt to conduct an assessment of the Region. Significant changes in the Region's vision, ministries and structure have transpired over the last seven years. The Region Board and Dr. Revis believe it is important to evaluate the effectiveness of these transitions, and also map out additional improvements as we move together into the next seven years.

Dr. Hoyt was a logical choice to conduct this review since he's already familiar with many of our ministries and churches. Dr. Hoyt is the executive director of NexSteps Consulting, a mentoring, coaching and consulting ministry. In addition to having successfully led a denominational region for fifteen years, Dr. Hoyt has extensive experience consulting with denominations and churches. He is also involved with mission work in Vietnam. (for more information go to www.nexstepconsulting.org)

A major part of the consultation will be an On-line Survey. The primary people we are requesting to complete the survey will be pastors, church staff, and church leaders (officers and ministry team leaders). We are assuming these folks will be more familiar with the Region and its ministries than the average attender of an ABCNW church. Dr. Hoyt will activate the survey on August 12th and he will close it on September 16th. It is our plan to invite all the people listed above from as many of our churches as possible to participate in the survey.

There are two ways you can help us as we conduct the survey. You can provide the names and email addresses of your staff and leaders. (Many of you have already forwarded this information to Cherie' in the ABCNW office. Thank you!) As we launch the survey they will receive an email invitation with a link inviting them to go on-line and complete the survey. Some pastors may choose to invite their staff and leadership by forwarding the email invitation directly from their own list. Either way will work. The link to the survey will also appear on the home page of the ABCNW web site (www.abcnw.org).For folks with limited internet access we suggest that the church print out a hard copy of the survey. Have them complete the hard copy and turn it into a designated person in your church who will enter this information on-line for them.

I wish to express my appreciation for your help with this project. It is our desire that we excel in our efforts to “grow healthy, mission-focused churches that mulitply disciples.” The survey, along with Dr. Hoyt's recommendations will assist in pursuing our God-given vision.