Covenant New: Background to the Discernment Guide: 2017 Special Delegate Assembly

This document supplements the Covenant New: Report, providing both background information for those who are interested plus greater detail. It describes:

• The process to date, starting with the Future Direction Task Force,
• Gives fuller descriptions of the structure proposal,
• Describes in detail the underlying principles for the financial planning process,
• Gives some information on the way the report responds to input received in the feedback process, and
• Answers some of the frequently asked questions raised by the feedback process.