Ministry Handbook

I commend this Ministry Handbook to the Diocese of South Dakota as a way to live out both the Mission and Vision for ministry in this Diocese as we continue to encourage the development of local ministry in our congregations. This plan for formation and developing of ministry is not a program, but an opportunity for all members of the church to discern and then exercise the ministry to which God has called them. There are other ways to accomplish ministry in this diocese, but this Handbook provides a process of developing ministry that can involve all members of the church.

                                                + Bishop Robertson

The Ministry Handbook is revised as of December, 2004, and incorporates changes made to Ministry Canons by General Convention in 2003.

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