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Comprehensive Plan

Archive Information

The following data is from past years, you may find it useful

2004 Comprehensive Plan Definition

The purpose of the Conference Comprehensive Plan is to provide guidelines for assessing and prioritizing the efforts of the Conference for funding, appointments, and support for new and revitalizing ministries throughout the Annual Conference for the years ahead.

Click here to download the complete 12 page document from the 2004 Annual Conference (PDF format)

2004 Information you can use

Reports from each District: The link below will show you the 2004 Comprehensive Plan for Congregation Development for each District in the Cal-Pac Conference. It outlines strategic plans and priorities for developing ministries within each district (please note some districts had not submitted their plans at the time of publishing).

Click here to download the complete 12 page document from the 2004 Annual Conference (PDF format)

Church Life-Cycle Charts: It is known that all churches progress through various stages of existence. From starting new, to growing, to transitioning, to revitalizing, and maybe even discontinuance . Each church (using the Local Church Assessment) in cooperation with its district has analyzed where it is on this life-cycle . The link below will show you each District's life-cycle chart for all of its churches. Find your church in the life-cycle for your district. You can use this information to discover trends about your church and begin to formulate a plan for its future.

Click here to download the Life-Cycle Charts from the 2004 Annual Conference (PDF format)

Click here to view a generic life-cycle chart with all the definitions for each category.

Where the data comes from: For those of you who crave the details, link below to your district and then scroll through the pages to find your church's 10 year history for Worship Attendance, Ministry Expenditures, Mission Giving, and Apportionments (in graph format). These graphs represent the four basic areas used to asses the health of each church (Please note that the first page of each district link is an explanation for all the graphs).

Link to your district and find your church graphs (PDF format)

                   Hawaii            Long Beach         Los Angeles         Pasadena

                  Riverside           San Diego           Santa Ana       Santa Barbara

This information combined with the 2004 Local Church Assessment allows the District Planning and Strategy Committee to place each church within the life-cycle chart.

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