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AGENCY REPORTS CONFERENCE REPORTS Center for Leadership Development .......................................................................................................................286 Board of Ministry .............................................................................................................................................292 Extension Minister Compensation ...................................................................................................................293 Sexual Harassment Response Guide ................................................................................................................294 Center for Missional Outreach ................................................................................................................................300 The Zip Code Connection ................................................................................................................................302 Board of Global Ministries ..............................................................................................................................304 Church and Society ..........................................................................................................................................305 Center for Church Development .............................................................................................................................306 Transforming Existing Congregations .............................................................................................................306 New Church Starts ...........................................................................................................................................307 Strengthening the Black Church ......................................................................................................................309 Communications .....................................................................................................................................................310 Core Leadership Team ............................................................................................................................................311 Center for Connectional Resources ........................................................................................................................311 Early Response Team .......................................................................................................................................311 Commission on Archives and History .............................................................................................................312 Board of Trustees .............................................................................................................................................313 Board of Pension and Health Benefits: Health Benefits Policies ...........................................................................315 Council on Finance and Administration, Treasurer’s Report ...........................................................................325 Financial Statements, Auditor’s Report, Notes ................................................................................................328 CONNECTIONAL REPORTS Africa University ....................................................................................................................................................351 C.C. Young Senior Living .......................................................................................................................................352 General Board of Higher Education and Ministry ..................................................................................................354 Golden Cross Methodist Health System Foundation ..............................................................................................355 Lydia Patterson Institute .........................................................................................................................................357 Methodist Children’s Home ....................................................................................................................................357 Perkins School of Theology ....................................................................................................................................359 Providence Place .....................................................................................................................................................361 Saint Paul School of Theology................................................................................................................................362 Southern Methodist University ...............................................................................................................................363 Southwestern University .........................................................................................................................................364 Texas Methodist Foundation ...................................................................................................................................368 Texas United Methodist College Association .........................................................................................................370 United Theological Seminary .................................................................................................................................371 Wesley-Rankin Community Center ........................................................................................................................372 286 NORTH TEXAS CONFERENCE JOURNAL — 2018 2018 NTC CONFERENCE REPORTS CENTER FOR LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT The mission of the Center for Leadership Development (CLD) is to develop principled Christian leaders for the transformation of the world. Our priority is to design an ‘ecosystem’ for cultivating young leaders (35 and under) and culturally-diverse leaders who can reach the mission field. Additionally, we strive to cultivate leaders to support the objective to catalyze gatherings of new faces in new spaces in and through every local church and in targeted mission fields. We continue to re-imagine all our ministries through the lens of reaching young and diverse leaders through a system of Wesleyan Formation, Leadership Development, Vocational Discernment and Professional Development events, programs and initiatives. In collaboration with the Conference Board of Ordained Ministry, the CLD seeks to recruit gifted, diverse clergy; develop and sustain clergy and laity through life-long learning; and equip Staff/Pastor Parish Relations Committees to collaborate with their clergy for ongoing formative work towards greater effectiveness. In addition, we connect and resource Boards and Resources for churches and laity. For more information about the Center for Leadership Development visit our website at www.ntcleadership.org, join our Facebook page, NTC Center for Leadership Development and follow us on Social Media, @ntcleadership. CAMPING AND RETREAT MINISTRIES Bridgeport Camp & Conference Center 2017 was another great year of vision and planning at Bridgeport Camp and Conference Center (BCCC) as we continued to provide exceptional camping experiences and retreat space for churches, individuals and other organizations. We had a busy non-summer schedule with 70 events held from January to June (before camps start), then starting again in August until the end of the year. Conference groups made up the majority of events, but we had a great turnout from groups outside our conference as well. Some of these groups included university retreats, family reunions, local school events, weddings, and sports banquets. The Conference Summer Camps were almost at capacity, with 4 camps being completely full. We also had 2 full weeks of SEEK (Summer Events for Exceptional Kampers) Camps, and a full week of Project Transformation Camp in August. This gave us another excellent summer attendance of over 1400 campers and over 500 volunteer leaders that helped make this another incredible year of camping ministries. As we look to the future and the improvements that need to be made here at BCCC, there are several things on the horizon. With our camps being so close to full almost every week and crowded facilities at multiple non-summer events, we need to be diligent about creating more spaces for our children, youth, and adults to stay, eat, convene, and worship. We covet your prayers and continued support as we continue to move forward to better serve all our guests. Go Camp 2017 marked the launch of Go Camp’s fiveday summer day camp program. We held six different day camps in six different locations all throughout the summer. We worked with United Methodist Churches in South Dallas, Fair Park, Oak Cliff, Richardson, Denton, Plano, and Clarksville, TX as well as other non-profit organizations to provide quality camping opportunities for kids living in underserved communities ages 7 to 17. Our camps started and ended each day with meaningful worship time and devotionals that shared the gospel and Wesleyan theology presented through the NTC’s unified camping curriculum. Our camps also included several field trips that provided hands-on activities that challenged our campers while exposing them to nature. Our campers did everything from sailing on a pirate ship, to zip-lining, hiking,