The Diocese of Texas

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The Diocese of Texas
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Purpose

• Who is the Diocese of Texas
• What we have learned
• Our Strategy
• Your Diocesan Staff
• Servants as resources for the mission and
  ministry of the Diocese of Texas

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Who is the Diocese of Texas?

• A Foreign Republic
• A Mission Field
• Missionaries
• A Missionary Bishop
• A Diocesan DNA
• that is Missionary

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Today We Are

• We are One Church of Miraculous Expectation,
  empowered by the Gospel of Jesus Christ, called
  to be a diverse worshiping community of
  missionaries reaching out and transforming lives.

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Today We Are

• 158 Missionary Congregations and Institutions.
• Three Foundations
• 10 Institutions
• Over 60 Parochial Schools
• Over 85,000 members

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Today we are

• 158 congregations
• 31 Family Size
• 8 - 35 ASA 22 churches
• 36 - 75 ASA 27 churches
• 28 Pastoral Size
• 76 150 ASA 44 churches
• 13 Transitional Size
• 151-225 ASA 21 churches
• 22 Program Size
• 226 450 ASA 35 churches
• 6 Resource Size
• 451 1,959 ASA 9 churches

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Average Sunday Attendance
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What we have accomplished together

• Values and Strategy
• Emphasis on Values, Mission, Vision, Planning
  and Action has created a momentum that continues
• Deeper Engagement in Mission
• Many more churches involved in missionary
  work, local and abroad
• Churches Networking
• Focus on One Church has created multiple
• efforts for churches to work together

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What we have learned

• No matter how we assist congregations, their
  health and development ALWAYS reflects the level
  of skilled, faithful and mature leaders, both lay
  and ordained.
• Vision and planning work with the smallest and
  largest of our churches usually reveals similar
  needs for leadership development.

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What we have learned

• There is a void of significant leadership
  knowledge and skills training specifically for
  laity. Most clergy are hungry to learn more,
  particularly those with at least 10 years left in
  active ministry.
• There is an urgent need for significant training
  of leaders in forums beyond conferences and
  seminars in order to impact EDOTs culture for
  healthy churches and growth.

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What we have learned

• The decline of mainline churches in Texas
  parallels the movement across America. The surge
  of large non-denominational churches in Texas is
  the fastest in the nation.
• We are challenged to make our churches inviting,
  attractive places of worship and personal
  transformation.

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Our Strategy

• Build the capacity for Congregational
  Development by creating, coordinating and
  deploying multiple human and material resources
  to meet the needs of individual churches
• Plant new churches, suburban and multi-cultural
• Establish the Iona Center to Train the baptized
  for Leadership, both clergy and laity
• Create a significant course for faithful
  leadership development that focuses on knowledge
  and skills application for laity and clergy --
  Crosspointes

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Your Diocesan Staff

• Staff Mission Statement With Gods
  helpcourageously advancing the Vision of the
  Diocese of Texas.
• Servants as resources for the mission and
  ministry of the Diocese of Texas.

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Bishops Office

• Don A. Wimberly, Bishop Diocesan
• C. Andrew Doyle, Canon to the Ordinary
• John A. Logan, Jr, Canon Emeritus and Secretary
  of the Diocese
• Rebecca Sweitzer, Bishops Assistant and Office
  Manager
• Stephanie Taylor, Assistant to the Canon to the
  Ordinary

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Bishops Office Services

• When to call
• When your priest takes a new position.
• When you have conflict.
• You would like a bishops visit.
• When you have an emergency.
• When you think you might have an emergency but
  are not sure.
• When you have questions about who is doing what.
  (Boards, Committees, Commissions)

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Regional Executives

• The Rt. Rev. Rayford B. High, Bishop Suffragan
• Regional Executive of the Eastern Region,
  Executive for Pastoral Ministry
• Martha Harvey, Bishops Assistant, Tyler Office
• Mystery Bishop Suffragan TBA
• Regional Executive of the Western Region
• Austin Office
• The Venerable Dena Harrison
• Regional Executive of the Southern Region,
  Executive for Ministry
• Patricia Gilbreath, Archdeacons Assistant,
  Houston Office

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Regional Executive Offices

• When to call
• Pastoral Ministry for Clergy and their families
  Bishop High
• Vocational Discernment Archdeacon Harrison
  (Alice Kerr)
• You know you need to do some work as a
  congregation and need a listening ear.
• We need a personal touch to get us started.

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Congregational Development

• Jaime Case, Canon for Multi-Cultural Ministry
• Mary MacGregor, Director of Leadership
  Development
• Bob Schorr, Coordinator of Congregational Coaching

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Congregational Development Offices

• When to call
• How do you start Latino or African ministry?
• Now that we have a Latino ministryhow do we grow
  it?
• How do we grow from 150 to 200?
• What are we supposed to be doing as a vestry?
• What are our core values?
• We need some help with strategy.
• What is our potential as a vestry and
  congregation?
• What is the best staffing for a growing parish?

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Program Missioners and Communications

• Sally Rutherford, Diocesan Outreach Coordinator
• Janie Stevens, Christian Formation Missioner
• Ewart Jones, Youth and Young Adult Missioner
• Carol Barnwell, Communications Director
• Wes Brown, Website Design

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Program and Communications Offices

• When to call
• How do we use the website as a communications
  tool?
• How do we start youth ministry?
• Where do we find a youth minister?
• What is the cost of a Christian Formation
  director?
• How can we get our new youth and Christian
  formation directors trained?
• We are a small church. Are there programs we can
  get our adults and children to?
• How can we get our church events in the local
  paper?

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Financial Services

• John Brock, Chief Financial Officer
• Bob Biehl, EDOT Foundations
• Laura Bracher, EDOT Controller
• Darlene Hill, Benefits and Human Resources

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Financial Offices

• When to call
• How do we know how much pension to pay our
  clergy?
• Where can we get examples of an HR manual?
• We are small and only have a part-time employee.
  When do we have to pay benefits?
• How do we get a loan?
• Who should we call if we want to build a new
  parish hall?
• We need help with our internal controls.
• What computer programs are available for us to
  handle our finances?
• We have a rectory. Should we sell it?

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Our Service Strategy

• Building the capacity for Congregational
  Development by creating, coordinating and
  deploying multiple human and material resources
  to meet the needs of individual churches.
• Regional Executives in the missionary field
  deploying human and material resources.
• Training the Baptized to be missionaries leaders
  in Outreach, Youth, Young Adult, Christian
  Formation on Vestries, as Wardens, Treasurers,
  and Business Managers Bi-vocational Clergy, and
  Deacons. (Via web, local, regional, retreat)

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The Diocese of Texas

• Staff Mission Statement With Gods
  helpcourageously advancing the Vision of the
  Diocese of Texas.