Wednesday, April 19, 2006

Appalachian Ministry Hard Hit By Proposed Cuts

http://www.livingchurch.org/publishertlc/viewarticle.asp?ID=1941

[The Living Church] April 18, 2006--Support for domestic mission should not bear the entire burden of increased funding for the Anglican Consultative Council (ACC), according to Sandra Majors Elledge, executive coordinator for Episcopal Appalachian Ministries (EAM). The board of EAM is calling on the Joint Standing Committee on Program, Budget and Finance to reconsider a decision by Executive Council last January to eliminate funding for the 42-year-old ministry that is currently sponsored by eight dioceses in the southeast.

One must wonder at the ulterior motives of the Executive Council in its decision to eliminate funding for this ministry and to increase funding to the Anglican Consultative Council.

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