The Conference Board supervises the business of the conference, including conference committees, and does strategic planning to ensure that the conference is maintaining alignment with its vision and following the lead of the Spirit into areas of growth and change.
Report from the January 27, 2025, Board Meeting
The board welcomed Haroldo Nunes (Seguidores de Cristo [Sarasota, FL]), the new Chair for the Conference-Related Ministry Committee, to the board.
Board member Maati Yvonne Platts (Nueva Vida Norristown [PA] New Life) opened the meeting with prayer and centering devotions around Romans 12: 9-16.
Strategic Plan Updates
The board reviewed the ongoing work on the strategic plan, including updates on the first Vibrant Mosaic cohort; the May Oasis Nations and Generations Retreat; and the core priority guides that staff are working on.
2025 Budget
The board unanimously approved the 2025 budget of $1.425M, pending modifications that more clearly display the Vibrant Mosaic program funds.
2025 Spring Assembly
The board unanimously approved a 2025 Spring Assembly. The format will be similar to the delegate prep meetings, with multiple regional gatherings in multiple languages.
The disbursed gatherings will be for equipping delegates on centered-set church models and the core priority guides as part of the strategic plan’s clarity and identity work. These gatherings are being held in response to the expressed need for more face-to-face dialogue and relationship building across the Conference. There will be no delegate decision making at the Spring Assembly.
These gatherings will take place in April and early May (more information will be coming soon in Mosaic News and to delegates). Though intended for 2024 and 2025 delegates, anyone is welcome to attend.
Intercultural Committee Update
The intercultural committee shared a recommendation for ongoing equipping on intercultural practices, as well as antiracism and intercultural development inventory onboarding for new board members, committee members, and staff, in addition to ongoing training.
MC USA-Mosaic Partnership Update
The Mosaic Conference Moderators have been in conversation with and have meetings planned with other area conference moderators as well as the MC USA moderators and executive board and will bring updates for the March Mosaic Board meeting.
Affirmation of Committee Minutes
The board affirmed the minutes of numerous recent committee meetings, including the Ministerial Committee minutes, which included a recommendation that restores Beth Yoder’s credentials to active as of December 4, 2024, after a two-year probation following the process outlined in the Giving and Receiving Council document.
The opinions expressed in articles posted on Mosaic’s website are those of the author and may not reflect the official policy of Mosaic Conference. Mosaic is a large conference, crossing ethnicities, geographies, generations, theologies, and politics. Each person can only speak for themselves; no one can represent “the conference.” May God give us the grace to hear what the Spirit is speaking to us through people with whom we disagree and the humility and courage to love one another even when those disagreements can’t be bridged.