Resolves of the Executive Council

Resolved, That the Executive Council meeting in Quito, Ecuador, February 11-14, 2008, remembering its role as the Board of the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society, recognizes a primary mandate to facilitate The Episcopal Church’s participation in, and shared service to, God’s mission in the wider world with sisters and brothers in Christ in the Anglican Communion; and be it further

Resolved, That the Executive Council appreciates the work done to date on the reorganization of staff at the Episcopal Church Center; and be it further

Resolved, That the mandate of the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society as related both to dioceses of The Episcopal Church outside of the United States and partner churches in the Anglican Communion not be lost in the ongoing staff reorganization; and be it further

Resolved, That the four Center Directors present a report to the International Concerns Committee at the next meeting of the Executive Council in June 2008 as to how the concerns of dioceses of The Episcopal Church outside of the United States as well as partner churches in the Anglican Communion will be coordinated in ways that will best serve the needs of our partners in Christ around the world.