Communion-wide Fundraising Effort Begins This Summer

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Chest of Joash Campaign Evocative of 2 Kings 12:1-2, and 2 Chronicles 24: 1-11

The Communion of Evangelical Episcopal Churches is this summer launching an international fundraising campaign – the Chest of Joash campaign -- to fund a planned expansion of global mission work.

For instance, a number of Christian churches, in West Africa, and elsewhere around the world, have inquired about being received into the CEEC to join a rapidly growing branch of God's One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church .

This is the first year of the annual giving campaign, and the fundraising goal is a “modest” $25,000, according to Archbishop McClanahan, who is also presiding bishop of the CEEC Province of St. Peter, and the Archdiocese of the Holy Cross. “We can raise that if we get every church, mission, and ministry of CEEC participating,” said Dr. McClanahan.

The projected budget for the funds will be spent as follows:

* 25 percent will remain with the local parish for special projects of their discretion;

* 25 percent will go to the diocese level for missions and mission support;

* 25 percent will go to the province for church planting;

* 25 percent will go to the international office to support international presiding archbishop and international college general fund. Of that, 90 percent of the monies will be used for mission travel.

Giving to the campaign is easy. Once funds are raised on the local level, monies to the international office can be sent through the donation button on-line at http://www.theceec.org ; or a check mailed to the international office. Checks for the province and

[2Jim_Brown]

New Anglican church structures emerging - this one has 4,000 churches worldwide - worth a look.