RESOLUTION

Subject: Provincial Administration/Ministries Task Force
From: Provincial Development Ministry Group

WHEREAS, as a province that seeks to be faithful in its discipleship, we are called to greater efforts toward realizing our potential, thereby making our ministries more available and active; and

WHEREAS, we wish to improve communications, polity, unity and community building, and discover how we might better organize ourselves for the service of Christ; therefore be it

RESOLVED, That the PEC appoint an impartial task force that will be charged with systematically and critically examining all aspects of our provincial administration and ministries including PEC, boards and agencies and their relationships with local congregations;

RESOLVED, That the task force be empowered, with the advice and consent of the PEC and Provincial Financial Board, to engage outside persons with special expertise in any relevant area under examination;

RESOLVED, That those serving as Provincial staff or on Provincial boards shall not serve on this task force (although those individuals will be consulted as valuable resources);

RESOLVED, That funding, if required, shall be coordinated through the Provincial Financial Board;

RESOLVED, That the task force will review the report from the Stewardship Study Commission arising from the 2002 Synod and any other pertinent resources;

RESOLVED, That the task force shall make periodic reports and shall submit final recommendations to PEC no later than the end of 2008;

RESOLVED, That the PEC will determine whether a special synod is needed to address the recommendations before the synod of 2010; and

RESOLVED, That the task force carry out its work prayerfully, in accordance with the teachings of Christ, ever mindful that it is laboring to further the ministry of Christ through the work of the Southern Province.

With the approval of the Financial Ministry Group