What Is the Impact of the GC Compliance Committees on Institutional Trust and Morale?

Executive summary

The General Conference compliance committees, established in mid-2018, emerged from an unprecedented governance crisis: several unions continued ordaining women despite a clear GC Session vote against the practice in 2015. The committees were created by the GC Administrative Committee (ADCOM) to uphold the democratic decision of the world church, but provoked immediate and sustained institutional opposition from entities that contested the GC's enforcement authority. The initial ADCOM vote was r...