Report to the Presbytery
The Center for Healthy Churches/PneuMatrix was contacted in September 2025 to run a visioning process for the presbytery due to a joint “concern for a sustainable budget” and the “need for a concrete vision of ministry”.
To help the presbytery move forward, Rev. Dr. Reginald Wells and Michelle Snyder spent a total of 4 days across 2 trips interviewing as many people as possible. These groups included the staff, the Vision Team, committee and commission chairs, the Commission on Ministry, the Personnel Committee, and various sub-groups of both ruling and teaching elders. We also held focus groups in several regions of the presbytery outside of St. Louis and facilitated table conversations at a presbytery meeting. The following report is our best attempt to articulate what we observed and heard, as well as our recommendations regarding staffing and structure.
We understand that members of the Presbytery may have questions regarding this report, and we welcome any questions or concerns that you might have. The form, found below, was created so that you might share your thoughts with the Presbytery Vision Team. Someone from the Vision Team will respond to all questions, as long as a phone number and/or email is given.