Priority 4
Breaking down barriers, building bridges with our neighbors
Derribar barreras y crear puentes con nuestros vecinos
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.
The line this scorecard takes
Transfers don't count here. A church can grow entirely by absorbing a closed church's roll. Isolate the people who are genuinely new.
New people from the community
Outcome · laggingPublic
Professions of faith (478) · 35%Transfers in (882) · 65%
Only the reed slice is the bridge being crossed. The rest is members moving between churches.
Professions of faith (478) isolated from transfers in (882 from other churches/denominations). New people crossing the bridge — not members shuffling between churches.
Net membership trend
ContextPublic
Professing members67,179-44% from 119,755 in 2015
Total professing members. Context, not the test — a church can grow membership entirely by absorbing a closed church's roll.
Community Partnership Share
Process · leadingConference
Blank — and that is the finding. Share of churches reporting an active community partnership (food, schools, immigration, neighborhood orgs). Requires charge-conference or survey reporting.
New Faith Communities
Outcome · laggingConference
Blank — and that is the finding. New faith communities started — and still alive 2–3 years on. Requires the conference's new-church/new-place records.