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[Episcopal Life Online] 16 Oct 2008--Faced with declining church attendance and dwindling income, the Diocese of Michigan is set to launch a plan aimed at revitalizing the "diocesan household." At the core of the plan is an effort to determine the best way to invest a remarkable resource to bring about growth and vitality: the Extended Ministries Fund (EMF), which includes a bequest to the diocese given 15 years ago and worth more than $9 million today.
Delegates to Michigan's 174th annual convention, meeting October 24-25 in Dearborn, will entertain a proposal from the Diocesan Council and the Extended Ministries Fund Task Force II that calls for spending up to $325,000 from the principal of the EMF to fund the first phase of planning for a project designed to promote ministry and growth. A series of open forums leading up to convention got underway on October 8.
The task force has been at work since November 2007 soliciting input from people throughout the diocese "regarding the development of a plan for the best use of the EMF" and has completed statistical research on church attendance and giving trends.
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