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The CVA Judicatory Dashboard: Tracking the Vitality and Sustainability of Your Congregations

Click here to watch a video about how the Judicatory Dashboard works

How can we directly monitor the vitality and sustainability of our congregations?

How can we determine the kinds of assistance our congregations need?

How can we evaluate the effectiveness of the assistance we provide our congregations?

How can we supplement our backward-looking parochial reporting data with forward-looking diagnosting data that actually helps our congregations make positive changes to improve their missional effectiveness?

These are some of the questions and concerns judicatory leaders were bringing to us that led to the development of a Judicatory Dashboard to complement our Congregational Vitality Assessment (CVA) tool.

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Why we need our judicatories now more than ever

by Mary Frances

This post is part of a blog series on
“Keeping Congregations Connected in the Face of COVID-19”
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In the PC (pre-covid 19) age, I worked at the national offices of a mainline denomination, and so it was no secret to me that many people, even within our denomination, wondered about the future of judicatories.  Were they necessary?  Could or would churches continue to support them in the long term?  

Now, in the midst of the covid era, it is clear that the role of judicatories in this time of crisis is vital and much needed.  In my coaching practice, I work with judicatory leaders as well as parish clergy and the message I hear over and over again is that the judicatories have been up in front providing much needed information, resources, support, and respite.  

Here are a few of the ways that judicatories have been leading the way and supporting churches during the covid crisis:

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