Formed and Always Being Reformed as a Community Under the Cross

This thesis explores current primary and secondary theology within the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) tradition and places it into conversation with theories from the social sciences. The social science theories considered were organizational development, diffusion of innovation, and social networking in relation to organic community. The research delved into participants' concepts of missional church, leadership, and organizational development, as well as the purpose of a regional church body and how it may identify, equip, and resource missional leaders. Results pointed to the pastors’ need for a form of church for themselves, as well as potential benchmarks for regional church bodies.