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Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America

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Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:

Economic and Social:
  • Aging
  • Agriculture
  • Biodiversity
  • Business and Industry
  • Children
  • Citizenship and Governance
  • Climate Change
  • Coorporate Accountability
  • Crime Prevention
  • Criminal Justice
  • Culture
  • Debt Relief
  • Decolonization
  • Development
  • Disabled Persons
  • Disarmament
  • Drug Control
  • Education
  • Energy
  • Environment
  • Extreme poverty
  • Family
  • Financing for Development
  • Food
  • HIV/AIDS
  • Habitat
  • Human Rights
  • Humanitarian Affairs
  • Indigenous Peoples
  • International Law
  • International Security
  • Justice
  • Labour
  • Least Developed Countries
  • Media
  • Micro-Credit
  • Migration
  • Minority Rights
  • Peace and Security
  • Population
  • Refugees
  • Religion
  • Safety
  • Social Development
  • Statistics
  • Sustainable Development
  • Technical Cooperation
  • Torture
  • Trade and Development
  • Values
  • Violence
  • Water
  • Women
  • Women/gender Equality
  • Youth

  • Financing for Development:
  • Addressing systemic issues
  • External debt
  • Increasing financial and technical cooperation for development
  • International Trade as an engine for development
  • Mobilizing domestic financial resources for development
  • Mobilizing international resources for development

  • Gender Issues and Advancement of Women:
  • Advocacy and outreach
  • Capacity building
  • Education and training of women
  • Human rights of women
  • Indigenous women
  • Information and communication technologies
  • Institutional mechanisms for the advancement of women
  • Men and boys
  • Millennium Development Goals
  • Policy advice
  • Research
  • Service provision
  • The girl child
  • Trafficking in women and girls
  • Violence against women
  • Women and HIV/AIDS
  • Women and armed conflict
  • Women and health
  • Women and poverty
  • Women and the economy
  • Women and the environment
  • Women and the media
  • Women and the media
  • Women in power and decision-making

  • Population:
  • International migration
  • Population growth
  • Reproduction, family formation and the status of women

  • Public Administration:
  • Ethics, Transparency and Accountability
  • Governance and Public Administration

  • Social Development:
  • Aging
  • Conflict
  • Cooperative
  • Disabled persons
  • Employment
  • Indigenous issues
  • Poverty
  • Social policy
  • Technical cooperation
  • Youth

  • Statistics:
  • Demographic and social surveys
  • Household Statistics
  • International Comparison Programme
  • Official statistics, principles and practices
  • Population and housing censuses
  • Social Statistics and Social Monitoring
  • Statistical activities classification

  • Sustainable Development:
  • Agriculture
  • Atmosphere
  • Biodiversity
  • Biotechnology
  • Capacity-building
  • Climate change
  • Consumption and production patterns
  • Desertification and Drought
  • Disaster management and vulnerability
  • Education
  • Energy
  • Finance
  • Forests
  • Freshwater
  • Gender equality
  • Health
  • Human settlements
  • Indicators
  • Information for decision-making and participation
  • Institutional arrangements
  • Integrated decision-making
  • International cooperation for an enabling environment
  • Land management
  • Major Groups
  • Marine Resources
  • Means of Implementation (Trade, Finance, Technology, Tranfer, etc.)
  • Mining
  • Partnerships
  • Poverty
  • Protecting and managing the natural resources
  • Rural Development
  • Sanitation
  • Science
  • Sustainable Tourism
  • Sustainable development for Africa
  • Sustainable development in a globalizing world
  • Waste (solid)
  • Waste Management
  • Geographic scope: International
    Country of activity:
  • United States of America
  • Belgium
  • Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
  • France
  • Honduras
  • Dominican Republic
  • Italy
  • Austria
  • Switzerland
  • Micronesia (Federated States of)
  • Country Not Available
  • Germany
  • Ecuador
  • Colombia
  • Haiti
  • Millennium Development Goals:
  • Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases
  • Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
  • Achieve universal primary education
  • Promote gender equality and empower women
  • Reduce child mortality
  • Improve maternal health
  • Ensure environmental sustainability
  • Develop global partnership for development
  • Mission statement:
    Year established:
    Year of registration: 1846
    Organizational structure: Membership in The Episcopal Church is individual. Statistically, we speak of “active baptized members” and “communicants in good standing.” Individuals participate in church activities via their local congregations (parishes) or chaplaincies, which are grouped into 109 regional geographical areas called dioceses, and further grouped into nine regional provinces. Together, they make up The Episcopal Church. The Episcopal Church carries out its mission through these individual members, local congregations or chaplaincies, diocesan and provincial-level programs, governing structures and agencies, and also “church wide”, at the level of The Episcopal Church as a whole. The Episcopal Church is known as such in its canonical structure and is governed by its Constitutions and Canons (church laws) of General Convention. One of its distinctive features is its democratic nature of governance and the fact that its governing body, the General Convention, is one of the largest legislative bodies in the world. Each diocese of the Episcopal Church elects up to four clergy and four lay leaders as deputies to attend the General Convention. The Convention is a bicameral legislature consisting of the House of Deputies, which has more than 800 members. At each General Convention, the House of Deputies elects a President to serve a three-year term. The House of Deputies meets once every three years, at General Convention. The House of Bishops is comprised of nearly 300 active and retired bishops. The House of Bishops meets twice a year between conventions in a non-legislative capacity and its president is The Presiding Bishop. The two houses meet and act separately and both Houses must concur to adopt legislation. The Convention meets every three years to set the Church’s mission priorities, budget and policies. It has the authority to amend the Constitution and Canons of the Episcopal Church; adopt the budget for the church for the next three years; authorize liturgical texts and amend the Book of Common Prayer; adopt inter-communions and covenants with other churches; set qualifications for orders of ministry and office-holders; elect officers of the General Convention, the Executive Council, and members of boards; and delegate responsibilities to the committees, commissions, agencies, and boards of the Episcopal Church. The Executive Council of the Episcopal Church is an elected body representing the whole church. In the three years between General Conventions, the Executive Council meets three times each year. The Executive Council has the duty to carry out programs and policies adopted by General Convention and to oversee the ministry and mission of the Episcopal Church. The Executive Council is comprised of twenty members elected by General Convention (four bishops, four priests or deacons, and twelve lay leaders) and eighteen members elected by Episcopal provinces, as well as the Presiding Bishop and President of the House of Deputies, Chief Operating Officer, Treasurer, and Secretary of General Convention.
    Number and type of members: Membership in the Episcopal Church can be considered in several ways. Statistically, we speak of “active baptized members” and “communicants in good standing.” This category would not include people who frequent our parishes on a regular basis, and contribute in important and meaningful ways, but are not baptized members. Our 2010 Table of Statistics of The Episcopal Church is our most up-to-date information, gathered from 2010 reports submitted by our parishes in what are known as Parochial Reports. The 2010 Table shows that The Episcopal Church counted 2.1 million baptized members in its 9 provinces (both US and overseas). Average Sunday attendance was 697,880. In 2010, our active baptized members in North America, South America, Europe and Asia in 16 countries numbered as follows: North America: Dominican Republic 6,130 Haiti 86,760 United States (50 states) 1,951,907 + Puerto Rico 5,687 Virgin Islands 4,388 South America: Colombia 3,062 Ecuador 10,314 Honduras 50,673 Venezuela 797 Europe: Churches in Europe: 3,857, of which Austria 50? Belgium 245 France 1,610 Germany 1,048 Italy 541 Switzerland 413 Asia: Micronesia (Guam and Saipan, Northern Mariana Island) 555 Taiwan (Province of China)996
    Affiliation with NGO networks: NGO/CSW, Ecumenical Women, NGO Committee to Stop Trafficking in Persons, NGO Committee on the Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, World Council of Churches, National Council of Churches
    Funding structure:
  • Membership fees or dues
  • Grants from Governments
  • Fundraising campaigns
  • Funds from Religious Institutions
  • Product sales and business services
  • Donations and grants from domestic sources
  • Foreign and international grants
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