Title: Criteria for the Designation of a Jubilee Center
ID: EXC021983.29
Committee: National Mission
Citation: Executive Council Minutes, Feb. 9-11, 1983, Charleston, SC, p. 45-46.
Text:

Resolved, That the Executive Council, acting on behalf of the Coalition for Human Needs, does hereby establish the following criteria for designation of an Episcopal congregation or ecumenical cluster as a "Jubilee Center":

  1. the Episcopal congregation or ecumenical cluster must be engaged in mission and ministry among and with poor people wherever located;
  2. the mission and ministry must be rooted in worship;
  3. the mission and ministry must include several programs, including at least one human rights advocacy program and one human services program;
  4. once designated a Jubilee Center, the congregation or cluster must be willing to:
  1. demonstrate the operation of its programs to others as models;
  2. maintain "how to" files;
  3. act as a resource center and funnel for information; and
  4. be subject to annual review.

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