The Acts of Convention
Resolution Number: | 2015-A084 | |
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Title: | Modify the Parochial Report | |
Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred as Amended | |
Final Text: |
Resolved, That the Parochial Report be modified to include congregational activity in any of the five Marks of Mission; and be it further
Resolved, That each diocese be encouraged to establish a category for associated worshipping communities, which may not pay diocesan assessment according to rules established by the diocese, and which could include new church plants and worshipping communities whose design broadens the Church’s mission perspective; and be it further
Resolved, That such associated worshipping communities be encouraged to file a parochial report with their diocese; and be it further
Resolved, That the Parochial Report ask if the congregation has a primary weekly service other than Saturday/Sunday; and be it further
Resolved, That the Parochial Report be modified on page 2 to gather the average primary/Sunday worship; and be it further
Resolved, That a page be added to the Parochial Report to report areas of outreach ministry in which the congregation is involved with individual/group volunteer activity rather than merely reporting monetary support currently reported on page 3.
Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Salt Lake City, 2015 (New York: General Convention, 2015), p. 368. |
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