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Membership
| The Rt. Rev. Charles vonRosenberg, Chair | East Tennessee IV, 2006 |
| Ms. Dawn E. Conley | Arizona VIII, 2006 |
| The Rev. Hayden G. Crawford | Southwest Florida IV, 2006 |
| Mr. Jack Hanstein | Northern California VIII, 2006 |
| Ms. Iris E. Harris | Washington III, 2006 |
| The Rev. Aiden Koh | Los Angeles VIII, 2006 |
| Mr. Frank L. Oberly | Oklahoma VII, 2006 |
| The Rev. Becca Stevens-Humman | Tennessee IV, 2006 |
| The Very Rev. Pascual Torres | Honduras IX |
| The Rev. Canon Carmen B. Guerrero, Staff Consultant | Los Angeles VIII |
Summary of Work
Jubilee Ministry began with the passing of Resolution A080 at the 67th General Convention in 1982 in New Orleans, Louisiana which committed the Church to a ministry of “joint discipleship in Christ with poor and oppressed people, wherever they are found, to meet basic human needs and to build a just society…” Therefore, in keeping with this General Convention mandate, the mission of Jubilee Ministry is to make a direct and dynamic link between our theology and our ethics – the talk of our faith and the walk of our faith. We do this by calling the church to live out its prophetic role of empowering local people to “do justice, love mercy, and walk humbly with their God” (Micah 6:8) and by responding to the Gospel’s call to “feed the hungry, give drink to the thirsty, welcome the stranger, clothe the naked, care for the sick, and visit the imprisoned” (Matthew 25:35).
Throughout the 2004–2006 triennium Jubilee Ministry Centers have grown in number and in the quality of their ministry. There are over 650 Jubilee Ministry Centers throughout 13 countries. In the countries that are part of ECUSA we have “Designated Jubilee Centers;” in countries outside of ECUSA we have “Affiliate Jubilee Centers.” There are Jubilee Center Ministries in Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Panama, Barbados, Virgin Islands, Honduras, Mexico, El Salvador, Haiti, Spain, Hong Kong, Colombia and the United States.
The ministries included at these locations range from Outreach Programs which include daycare, after school and tutoring for children, clinics, AIDS, emergency services, housing programs, food ministries, clothes closets, refugee and immigration programs, day care for seniors, prison ministries, youth programs in urban areas; to Advocacy ministries for children, community development, seniors, homelessness, legal aid, domestic violence, civil/human rights, affordable housing; to Empowerment Ministries including Credit Unions, art courses, adult education, job training and placement, parenting classes, computer classes, etc. Through these ministries, Jubilee Centers put in practice the faith they proclaim in their various churches by carrying out a very practical form of evangelism among people who desperately need to see a witness of God’s love in their world.