Much of the following information is adapted from AWFUMC.org's article here.
Introduction
The Alabama-West Florida Conference is joining United Methodists across the denomination to grow the number of vital congregation’s effective in making disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world. Our work is focused on cultivating fruitful leaders and congregations, encouraging each congregation to engage in a strategic planning process that sets reasonable, assessable and achievable goals based upon its individual context. This process equips and resources local congregations to meet their goals.
Start with the Planning Guide
Please use the Vital Congregations Planning Guide to engage this process, set your goals, and enter them on the Vital Congregations website. We ask you to do so by February 29, 2012. The cumulative goals from the churches of our conference will be taken by our bishop to general Conference next spring and presented as an offering of our commitment to grow more vital congregations.
View Multi-year Statistics and Projections, Enter Goals
Under "Setting Vital Congregation Goals" (right column) click on "Congregations: Click here to set your Goals." The resulting page will be this.
Select by location, by General Church Number, or select Conference then District then Church.
This show the church's trend and projection in the five areas based on current trend.
About mid-page, under "How was this calculated?", click on "Printable Report."
You can look up any conference and any local church. The page will show you the church's historical data (figures and graphs) for multiple years for the following areas: average weekly attendance, professions of faith, number of small groups, number of members in mission, and dollar amount given to missions.
If you have any questions or wish to schedule a Vital Congregations Consultation contact Neil McDavid (neil@awfumc.org) or Susan Hunt (susan@awfumc.org) at (334) 356-8014 or toll-free number (888) 873-3127.
