# Overview: Program Evaluation

## Status

**Implementation status:** Approved by Servants Council

**Date:** 2026-05-30

## Principle (from Streamline)

Lukaszewski's principle (placeholder): 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

- On what cadence does program evaluation run?
- Who owns program evaluation — which board/team?

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*Page template: Principle + Mayflower Practice. Part of The Streamline Admin System, adapted from Michael Lukaszewski's Streamline: How To Create Healthy Church Systems.*