The Acts of Convention

Resolved, That this 67th General Convention adopt as the basic policy for long-range planning throughout the Episcopal Church the following:

A FRAMEWORK FOR PLANNING

BY AND FOR THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH

The mission of the Church is to restore all people to unity with God and each other in Christ. The Church pursues its mission as it prays and worships, proclaims the Gospel, and promotes justice, peace, and love. The Church carries out its mission through the ministry of all of its members. (Catechism) The mission and work of the Church are done whenever two or three are gathered together (a congregation) through: service, evangelism, pastoral care and worship.

Planning is done cooperatively, in a local community, by a congregation with other congregations and ecumenical groups in the community.

Planning is done cooperatively, by a diocese, with its congregations and with ecumenical units through the bishop and council as coordinating agencies with the diocesan Convention.

Planning is done cooperatively, by province or region, with its dioceses and with ecumenical bodies through the President and Board with the synod or other coalition body.

Planning is done cooperatively, in the national Church, by the Executive Council, with the Presiding Bishop (Church Center staff) and General Convention interim bodies, and through our official representatives to the Anglican Partners-in-Mission Consultation, the Anglican Consultative Council, the World Council of Churches and other international ecumenical groups of which we are members--in anticipation that independent organizations of the Church will do the same.