This document provides a scorecard for the Southwest California Synod covering June 2011 through May 2012. It summarizes the Synod's work in areas like pastoral care, leadership development, discipline, mission planning and outreach, interdependence, and financial sustainability. Key accomplishments include supporting over 15 congregations in call processes, planting 9 new faith communities, training 17 African Descent Deacons, and developing leaders through programs like Equipping Leaders for Mission. Financially, the Synod received over $14.6 million in regular member gifts and distributed over $750,000 in grants to congregations.

1. Southwest California Synod
Mission Planning Process

2. Synod Scorecard
June, 2011 – May, 2012
In partnership with the churchwide organization, the synod bears primary responsibility for oversight of the life and mission of the church in the territory of this synod.
Rating Impact Area Measures
Pastoral care Ministry to rostered leaders: counsel (≥50% 1:1 mtgs. + phone/emails) ; conference collegiums; Bishop’s colloquy;
Chrism Mass; 2 rostered leader days; 12 new calls; guiding 15 call processes; preaching & celebrating communion
(28 congregations)
Leadership recruitment & development 3 ordinations; 6 new seminary grads; 10 entrants into candidacy; 8th ELM (≥370 since 2003); African Descent
Deacon training (17 deacons since 3/08); Academia de Diaconia Program; workshops on administration, treasury,
boundaries, mission exploration, redevelopment ministry; Ventures in Growing Stewards (6 congregations); Book
of Faith; LIFT Mission Planning (84 congregations); Performance Planning & Review of Rostered Ministry
workbook with Mission Team for Rostered Leadership
Discipline Consultation to guide call process or counsel in conflict situations (32 congregations); synodical administration (2)
Foster organizations for youth, women, men, African Descent Deacon Tng; Academia de Diaconia for Spanish; Campus Ministry conversations; 3 sustainability
language & ethnic communities retreats; bi-annual national assembly; Filipino outreach; Women of ELCA; Men’s Ministry
Plan for mission & ministry See results for 7 Synod Mission Goals below
Intentional outreach to the diverse Lead by Evangelical Outreach Mission Team (EOMT) & Director for Evangelical Mission (DEM), including 9 new
populations of our communities starts and 5 redevelopment ministries
Intentional outreach to the ethnic-special Included above
populations of our synod
Intentional outreach to children, youth & Lead by Mission Team for Lay Leadership (MTLL) & Assistant for Lay Mission Leadership, including Safeguarding
young adults God’s Children series for ≥250; Youth Leadership/Urban Immersion Retreat; social events; Beach Progressives
planning; campus ministries
The development of new congregations Planting new communities of faith (9) with Evangelical Outreach Mission Team (EOMT) & Dir for Evangelical
Mission (DEM)
The redevelopment of congregations Ongoing review of redevelopment ministries (5) with EOMT & DEM
The re-rooting of congregations in their Included above
neighborhoods
The development of the “Equipping Lead by Mission Team for Lay Leadership (MTLL) & Assistant for Lay Mission Leadership. 8th ELM with 27
Leaders for Mission” Program participants; ≥370 since 2003
Promote interdependence among congregations, Visits with companion synods (Hong Kong, El Salvador); support for Ethiopia; collaborative ministries with Pacifica
synod, & churchwide Synod and Region 2 synods; attendance at churchwide gatherings
Foster & support relationships with all levels of Gather, Grow, Go workshop (≥100 participants); fall stewardship dinners (≥80 congregations); spring conference
education, social ministry, justice, peace & human assemblies on LIFT (84 congregations w/435 participants); multiple Mission Teams’, task forces’, committees’ &
need agencies’ activities; named Director for Justice Ministries; campus ministry conversations; CLU; PLTS
Ensure representational participation in all Observed in all appointments and nominations processes
organizational units

3. Southwest California Synod – Balanced Scorecard
June 2011 – May 2012
People We Serve Operations & Processes
129 congregations; 17,742 voting Stewardship of 3 properties: 2 mission
members; ≈ 35,000 baptized starts & 1 redevelopment
15 congregations in call process, with Synodical administration: 2
interim & supply pastors congregations
14 new start/renewal/redevelopment Constitution review for Synod Assembly
ministries & congregations
6 congregations in Ventures in Growing Completed audit of financial
Stewards statements: in conformity with
32 congregations in consultation with accounting principles & quality
call process or conflict situations expectations of auditors
Support from multiple Mission Teams, Archiving & accuracy of parochial
tables, task forces, committees, & records
agencies who provide care & advocacy Assistance with congregations in
for human needs consultation

4. Southwest California Synod – Balanced Scorecard
June 2011 – May 2012
Financial Sustainability People Who Serve
• 2011 regular giving by members: $14,651,413 • Pastoral care & development for Rostered
• Total gifts from congregations: $1,652,224 Leaders: Conference collegiums; RL days;
• Median congregation receipts per capita: Bishop’s Colloquy; Chrism Mass; direct
$56.34 contacts
• Median 6.50% of congregation receipts to • 16 moving forward in candidacy process
mission support • Workshops & seminars: administration;
• Synod mission support to churchwide: finance; LIFT Mission Planning; conflict
$502,402 (49% 2011 to 50% 2013) management; constitutional revisions;
• $43,895 decrease in net assets (1/31/12) boundaries; stewardship; safeguarding
• Endowment grants: $204,500 ($854,841 children; youth urban immersion
distributed since fund formation) • Wide variety of lay leadership development
• Synod grants & cong. designated giving thru for all groupings
Synod: $746,806 • Equipping Leaders for Mission (ELM): ≥ 370
• Malaria Campaign gifts: $180,000 from 23 since 2003
congregations (2.5 yrs.) • African Descent Deacon training: 17 Deacons
• Synod financial condition: sound since 2008
• 2012 Fair Compensation & Benefits workbook
& guidance
• Performance Planning & Review workbook &
guidance