The process for creating a mission-covenant statement in your congregation should follow the vision statement process. In fact, a mission-covenant statement is a further step toward implementing your vision statement. A mission statement articulates how a congregation should focus its programs and activities in relationship to the surrounding community to fulfill its vision. Covenant is the commitment you make to each other. Yet, without mission, without outreach and witness, the covenant may become closed.
Mission takes the vague sense of fellowship and transforms it into action and wider purpose.
On the other hand, a religious community with a clear mission but without covenant runs the risk of broken relationships internally, as factions in the community find no common bond. An Example of a Process One model for developing a mission-covenant has been used in a few congregations. The committee should be representative of the congregation as a whole and be open to anyone. In most cases, a committee chair should be elected. Make sure that the committee's members and purposes are communicated to the whole congregation, through a special letter, articles in the newsletter, or during a special mission-covenant Sunday service.