The Acts of Convention

Resolved, That the 76th General Convention adopt the following budget priorities in developing the 2010-2012 Budget for The Episcopal Church.

Budget Priorities:

• Networking the members of the Body of Christ

a. Establishing and supporting collaborative efforts within and among dioceses and congregations to promote vibrant ministry in service to God’s mission

b. Structuring healthy relationships with overseas dioceses of The Episcopal Church and those Anglican provinces historically related to The Episcopal Church, clarifying commitments with firm timelines and establishing necessary accountability

c. Promoting partnerships with other dioceses and churches of the Anglican Communion, encouraging multi-diocese mission efforts that reduce redundancy and enhance relationships both domestic and foreign

• Alleviating Poverty and Injustice

a. Inspiring and modeling a genuine commitment to the United Nations’ Millennium Development Goals

b. Addressing, domestically and abroad, the challenges and consequences of a failing global economy

c. Advocating for and working to provide education, healthcare, employment, housing and equal rights for all of God’s beloved

d. Promoting environmental sustainability and stewardship of creation

• Claiming our Identity

a. Exploring and discovering who we are as The Episcopal Church, within the comprehensive reality of our complex culture and in relationship to others

b. Educating about Episcopal Church governance and polity, forming at all ages our Christian, Episcopal and Anglican identity

c. Telling Christ’s story and our story, utilizing current technology and a vibrant contemporary communications network

• Growing Congregations and the Next Generations of Faith

a. Establishing lifelong Christian formation throughout the Church, with specific support of youth and young adults

b. Making evangelists of all communicants

c. Teaching and developing the spiritual discipline of giving

d. Providing discernment and formation of lay and ordained ministries

e. Supporting congregational vitality and development, with particular attention to immigrant, indigenous and underserved populations

• Strengthening Governance and Foundations for Ministry

a. Inspiring and developing sound leadership at all levels of the Church

b. Moving from programmatic structures to ministry networks

c. Collaborating with seminaries and dioceses to restructure and retool theological education for a changing church

d. Reviewing provincial and diocesan configurations and composition

e. Assuring standards of accountability and measurement of outcome

f. Providing legal and operational support for dioceses in transition or litigation