Covenant United Methodist Church

4410 Duval Rd, Austin, TX 78727 · North District

Who can see what

Compass asks candid questions. This page says exactly who reads the answers.

Only you

You alone. Not your church admin, not your lay leaders, not your district superintendent, not the conference.

Your day off and sabbath
Your study and continuing education
Your support outside the congregation
Your sense of call to this appointment

These questions are about your own condition, not the congregation's. They are only useful if you can answer them honestly, so nobody else can read them.

Your church

Everyone you have invited to Compass for this church — pastor, church admin, and lay leaders alike.

Every assessment answer and score except the four above
Goals, milestones, and who owns them
Membership, attendance, and financial metrics
Community and neighborhood data
Resources

Assessment, goals, and profile data are the congregation's shared work. Lay leaders cannot help set goals they are not allowed to see.

Shared with the conference

Your church, plus your district superintendent and conference administrators.

Section scores, as summary numbers
Membership, attendance, and financial metrics
Goals your church has set

The conference sees summary scores and profile metrics so it can direct support where it is needed. It never sees who gave which answer.

Never leaves your church

The four pastor-only questions, in any form — including inside a section average
Which person gave which answer
Written notes attached to an assessment

4 questions are marked pastor-only. They are labelled as such in the form itself, before you answer them.