The Kerusso – September | 2023 Kerusso (Greek): “To publish, proclaim openly: something which has been done.”
More About our Leadership Summit General Superintendent Max Edwards In our regional meetings held across the country from March to June, we asked a few dozen questions of our pastors and lay people. We sought feedback about lots and lots of things, such as future regional meeting locations and speakers; about what kind of pastoral training events would be most helpful; and about how we might improve connections to our people and churches. Well, here’s the thing - I underestimated how much information you have provided for us to pour through, and it will take another few months before the Cabinet of Superintendents will be ready to share a great deal of what we are learning from it all. But, I can share a few pieces of data from your feedback that is helping us determine where and when we will be holding “Journey” meetings in the first half of next year. 37 out of 93 people indicated that “one-national-meeting-idea” in 2024 would be okay with them, but we don’t feel that is a broad enough view, so we will be holding several regional meetings across the US next year. By far, the vast majority of people indicated that four meetings across the country is the right amount.
We ’r e p r o c e s s i n g p o s s i b l e locations, and are contacting pastors this week to set our dates and locations. We will have that information locked in very soon.