To Clarify Multi point and Multi campus Parish

WHEREAS, The creating or planting of new multi-point parishes, campus locations, or outreach locations across circuit lines, or without clear communication among area or affected congregations and ministries, causes unneeded tension; and

WHEREAS, There are currently no clear guidelines about how to deal with cross-circuit or district lines of these locations; and

WHEREAS, There are no current Synod or district tools to deal with these growing issues; therefore be it

Resolved, That the Nebraska District in convention request that the Synod study the interactions between multi-campus, multi- parish, and regular congregations in order to offer guidance on how such congregations may best work together in planting, consolidating, and establishing satellite campuses with respect to circuit boundaries; and be it further

Resolved, That in the meantime, the district encourages multi- campus and multi-point congregations to communicate and collaborate with brother pastors and congregational leaders of congregations or ministries that may be affected by expansion in their area; and be it finally

Resolved, That a congregation planning new multi-point campus locations, outreach locations, or a new parish, communicate with the district’s Missions and Revitalization Office and the local circuit.