Proclaiming the Good News
Mission Statement
"As the Body of Christ, we seek, serve, and save the lost by proclaiming the Good News, forming disciples, serving others, and striving for justice."
Vision Statement
"God's just and peaceful beloved community built on our shared love of God and one another."
Growing in Ministry by Proclaiming the Good NewsForming DisciplesServing OthersStriving for Justice
The four pillars of our missional work – proclaiming the Good News, forming disciples, serving others, and striving for justice – became the framework for discerning what new and renewed ministries align with our diocesan work. Building our ministry around these pillars was a continuation of the discernment process begun by the Diocesan Council and Standing Committee and through asking the entire diocese to join in shaping our response to God’s call for us.
Proclaiming the Good News of God in Christ within each of the communities we serve takes many forms. Through our office of communications, our diocese provides digital media outlets and resources for engaging and empowering our churches and others to share the work God is doing in our midst. Trusting in the sacramental graces bestowed in ordination for the proclamation of the Gospel and the provisions of grace through sacramental ministry, we support ministers to engage communities around the diocese “to equip the saints for the work of ministry and the building up of [Christ’s] body” (BCP, 533).
Christ’s call for his disciples to make further disciples continues to our day. Throughout all ages and stages of life, we seek to provide opportunities and resources for Christians to deepen their faith, grow in their relationship with Christ, and go out into the world to continue making disciples who follow in the Way of Jesus. Our formation ministries reach young and old, lay and ordained, individuals and communities across all spectra of our diocese.
Our mission of serving others seeks to follow Christ, who came to serve rather than to be served. Because our ministries in local communities each take unique shape, and because our churches are mission outposts in the Kingdom of God, funds for serving others are granted through diocesan committees to individual projects across the diocese.
Built on our belief that all persons are deserving of dignity as beloved children of God, we strive for justice by advocating – both within our own diocese and in the public sphere – for peace, inclusivity, equity, and reconciliation. Our ministries reach into the legislative work of governance, training within our churches, and building relationships across differences. In our ministries and in the world, we welcome and embrace persons of any race, gender, orientation, ability, or status in the building up of the Kingdom of God.
