Río Texas Annual Conference

Are the four priorities actually being implemented?

Not whether they sound good — whether they are happening.

Each adopted priority is an aspiration. “Creating a culture of trust” can’t be true or false, so it can’t be tracked. This instrument converts each one into markers — things you would observe if it were happening, and would not if it weren’t — and freezes a baseline at 2024. From here, everything is read as movement from baseline.

Read the scorecardHow it’s measured
Every marker carries a measurability tag
PublicMeasurable now from public data. Run independently — no one’s cooperation required.
ConferenceRequires the conference to track and disclose it. Until it does, the row stays blank — and a blank is a finding.
SurveyOnly obtainable by asking people. Requires a repeatable, identical annual survey.
BlankThe contrast between what we can see and what no one is measuring is the most useful thing this audit produces.
Priority 1

Creating a culture of trust

Crear una cultura de confianza
68.5%apportionment paid, down from 95% in 2017

Trust is hardest to measure and the most consequential to get right. Money is where trust shows up first — so the strongest marker here is one the conference already instruments.

Open priority 1 →
Priority 2

Centering discipleship

Discipulado centrado
3median church's professions of faith — the typical church received 3 new believers

The most fully self-measurable priority: the GCFA statistical tables carry every lagging discipleship number, annually, by church.

Open priority 2 →
Priority 3

Cultivating relationships for belonging and voice

Cultivar relaciones para pertenecer y tener voz
0 / 259leadership seats demographically coded — the audit can't run yet

Belonging and voice are about who is in the room and who is heard. The denominator — who the conference is — is measurable today; the numerator — who leads — is not yet coded.

Open priority 3 →
Priority 4

Breaking down barriers, building bridges with our neighbors

Derribar barreras y crear puentes con nuestros vecinos
478new believers vs. 882 transfers in — most growth is reshuffling

The only outward-facing priority — it is about people who are not members yet. The cleanest public proxy is professions of faith, kept distinct from transfers.

Open priority 4 →
What the baseline already shows

Since the merger, 27 churches have closed and 84 have disaffiliated; the apportionment payout rate has fallen from 95% to 69%; and the typical church now receives 3 new believers a year.

None of that is a verdict on the priorities — most of it predates them. It is the baseline they will be measured against.