Executive Council Commitment to Provide Relief to Dioceses
Resolution text
Resolved, that Executive Council sees the financial strain of the pandemic on dioceses and acknowledges the need to provide immediate relief. Council recognizes the dioceses’ struggles to balance budgets, make hard decisions about staffing and program, and best support the stressed congregations under their care; And be it further,
Resolved, that Executive Council, made up of members from across the church-wide body each with their own pandemic struggles and stories, asserts that we are one church. Across the church, life and finances are hard and faithful work is exhausting. The future, financial and otherwise, is uncertain and uncharted. We witness the determined and costly efforts across our church to continue in the Way of Love; And be it further,
Resolved, that the Executive Council of the Episcopal Church, meeting via Zoom on January 25, 2021, commits to discerning the best way to provide financial relief to the Dioceses of the Episcopal Church, to communicating the relief plan as soon as it is finalized, and to implementing the relief plan as soon as feasible.