Overview: Program Evaluation

Status

Implementation status: Approved by Servants Council

Date: 2026-05-30

Principle (from Streamline)

Lukaszewski's principle: Programs should be evaluated on a recurring cadence against mission alignment, health indicators, and stewardship of resources — not allowed to continue by inertia. Regular evaluation creates permission to retire or reshape programs.

Mayflower's Current Practice

Mayflower uses the program evaluation process to assess ongoing ministries and programs against mission and stewardship criteria. Distinct from event evaluation (which is per-event), program evaluation applies to the ongoing ministry as a whole.

Governance & Document References

• Mayflower Church Event Evaluation Process (related SOP)
• Mayflower Constitution and Bylaws — governance sections

Open Questions

• Cadence and ownership are defined in the Program Evaluation Framework.

Page template: Principle + Mayflower Practice. Part of the Operations Plan, adapted from Michael Lukaszewski's Streamline: How To Create Healthy Church Systems.