| Resolution Number: | 2012-A024 | |
|---|---|---|
| Title: | Recognize Communications as Essential Ministry | |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred as Amended | |
| Final Text: | ||
Resolved, That the 77th General Convention of the Episcopal Church recognizes that communications is an essential ministry of the Church that enables and empowers evangelism, congregational development, the building of community, and mission at the churchwide, diocesan and congregational levels; that there should be a trained communicator in each diocese and ongoing communication training for all congregations; that there should be sensitivity to multi-lingual and multi-cultural requirements that may exist; and that communications should be adequately funded to meet the needs of mission and ministry as defined by the diocese; and be it further
Resolved, That this convention recognizes that the ministry of communication allows us effectively to proclaim the Good News of the Kingdom, the first of the Five Marks of Mission.
| Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Indianapolis, 2012 (New York: General Convention, 2012), p. 257. |
|---|