Convention Adopts $133.8M Budget
General Convention has adopted a $133.8 million budget for the Episcopal Church’s 2019-21 triennium.
Budget Priority: Evangelism
In response to “a clarion call” of comments on the proposed budget that was posted in November, the Executive Council of the Episcopal Church added more than $1.8 million to the church’s planned spending for evangelism.
Council Mulls $8M Budget Gap
Debt forgiveness, budget shortfall come into focus at Executive Council meeting.
Living on Past Generosity
Church headquarters receives receives only 61 percent of its income from diocesan assessments.
ERD Sends Chocolate Love
The sweets arrived as a committee was making cuts in a $35.5 million budget.
Low Turnout for Early Debate
Bishop Mary Glasspool: “I’ve never seen a hearing before the Convention got officially started.”
Province 5 Tops Pledge List
Dioceses in the Midwest were the most responsive to General Convention’s request of 19 percent of diocesan income for 2014.
Council Wrestles with Budget
By Steve Waring • Budget subcommittee wants to “engage the church in a discussion of the fact that not all dioceses meet their full asking.”
The Message of the Mission
By Thomas Ferguson
The missiology of the Episcopal Church’s proposed budget for 2013-15.