Two-Page Plan — Draft April 2026

Adopted by the Servants Council on May 30, 2026.

MAYFLOWER CHURCH — TWO-PAGE PLAN

Page 1: Who We Are • Page 2: What We Do • Draft April 2026

PURPOSE

Our deep sense of why. Eternal. Rooted in Scripture. No end date.

To glorify God by knowing Jesus Christ deeply and making Him known faithfully — until He returns or calls us home.

The gospel is true: God reconciles sinners to Himself through the death and resurrection of His Son, and gathers them into a covenant community formed by His Word and sustained by His Spirit. Mayflower has stood on the South Shore for over two centuries to be such a community. By God's grace, we intend to keep being one.

MISSION

Our purpose given a due date. What we are pursuing in this season.

By the end of 2030, Mayflower will be a healthy, doctrinally grounded, multi-generational congregation in Kingston — known for:

Faithful expository preaching — of whole books of the Bible.
Gospel-driven prayer — as real corporate ministry.
A coherent disciple-making pathway — from first visit to mature service.
Shepherding care — that does not let people fall through the cracks.

We measure progress by the health of our Five Priority Ministries (page 2).

TARGET AUDIENCE

Who we are specifically called to reach. Specificity sharpens stewardship.

We are not trying to be everything to everyone. We are called to reach two groups in particular:

Kingston & the South Shore. — Families, individuals, and seekers who want a doctrinally serious, expositorially preached, congregationally governed church.
The de-churched & the under-discipled. — Christians who have left shallow or drifting churches, and longtime church members who have never been deeply formed.

We aim to be a faithful Baptist church that genuinely disciples whoever God brings.

VALUES

Words and behaviors that describe who we are.

Scripture. — We submit our beliefs, our preaching, and our common life to the authority of God's written Word.
Worship. — We gather as God's people on the Lord's Day to hear, sing, pray, and respond.
Discipleship. — We do not settle for converts; we form followers of Jesus.
Fellowship. — We do not float past one another; we know, love, and bear one another's burdens.
Missions. — We do not hoard the gospel; we send it out in word, deed, and giving.

DISTINCTIVES

What makes Mayflower different from other faithful churches in our town and tradition.

Mayflower is a confessionally Reformed Baptist, congregationally governed, expositorially preached church — affiliating with the Southern Baptist Convention in 2026.

We hold to the historic doctrines of grace and preach through whole books of the Bible. The congregation governs itself under Robert's Rules with elder leadership and deacon service.

We operate by a Five Priority Ministries philosophy: we name what we will guard and give every leader explicit permission to say no to anything that would dilute the core.

FIVE PRIORITY MINISTRIES (KEYSTONE)

The ministries that hold our church together. What would fundamentally change our DNA if they went away.

The ordinary channels through which Christ builds His church. When capacity is tight, these are protected first; Missions & Outreach overflows from them.

Ministry of the Word. — Faithful preaching and teaching of Scripture as the central ministry.
The Lord's Day Gathering. — Word-shaped, prayerful, warm Sunday worship — including all support teams.
Gospel-Driven Prayer. — Corporate prayer as real ministry, not private preference.
Disciple-Making Pathways. — A coherent spine forming believers in doctrine, obedience, mutual care, and leadership.
Membership & Shepherding Care. — A clear front door (membership and baptism) and the care of souls.

PAGE 2 — WHAT WE DO

The work that flows from page one, and how we measure whether it is bearing fruit.

ACTIVITIES

The actual work that flows from page one — the rhythm of our common life.

Weekly. — Sunday worship; pre-service volunteer huddle for prayer; sermon preparation and pastoral study; Bible Fellowship Groups; ministry team and staff meetings.
Quarterly. — Quarterly business meetings; congregational prayer; ministry team check-ins; finance review with the Board of Finance.
Annually. — August Leadership Summit; Servants Council approval cycle; Back to Church Sunday; Equip discipleship cycles; July–August budget development with Board of Finance; October congregational budget approval; summer rest for ministry teams.
Cyclical. — New people move along the Mayflower Pathway — Welcome → Know → Grow → Go.

#	PRIORITY MINISTRY	HOW WE KNOW IT'S HEALTHY	WHAT WE MEASURE
1	Ministry of the Word	HEALTH MARKER Sermons faithful to the text, edifying, and applied. The congregation grows visibly in biblical literacy and doctrinal clarity.	INDICATOR Books of the Bible preached through per 24-month cycle: ____. Equip cohorts run per year: ____.
2	The Lord's Day Gathering	HEALTH MARKER Word-shaped, prayerful, warm, on-time, hospitable to first-timers. Support teams run quietly and well.	INDICATOR Average Sunday attendance vs. target: ____. First-time visitor → second-visit return rate: ____%.
3	Gospel-Driven Prayer	HEALTH MARKER Prayer is corporate, gospel-shaped, and dependent — not perfunctory or rushed.	INDICATOR Church-wide prayer gatherings per year: ____. Formal team meetings opening and closing in substantive prayer: ____%.
4	Disciple-Making Pathways	HEALTH MARKER A clear, traceable path from first visit to mature service. People are moving along it, not stuck.	INDICATOR Members in a BFG or discipleship cohort: ____%. Baptisms per year: ____. New members completing Foundations annually: ____.
5	Membership & Shepherding Care	HEALTH MARKER People are known by name, cared for in trouble, and held lovingly accountable. No one falls through the cracks.	INDICATOR Members assigned to a shepherding team: 100%. Counseling cases handled per year: ____. New-member retention at 18 months: ≥ ____%.

THE DECISION FILTER

Does this clearly strengthen one or more of our Five Priority Ministries — at a realistic cost in time, volunteers, and leadership attention? If not, we will simplify it, rotate it, or pause it.