Diocese Of Grahamstown

The Mission of the Diocese of Grahamstown is to proclaim the Good News of Jesus Christ to a broken world through building a diocese which is

Directed by a Christ-centred vision
Spiritually empowered for evangelism and mission
Building itself up in love
Administratively strong and committed to leadership development
Working respectfully with people of other denominations and faiths
Reaching out into the communities it serves and beyond to bring the love of God in word and deed
To live out our Vision and fulfil our Mission we dedicate ourselves to deploying our unique strengths of prophetic leadership, prayer, worship, and advocacy in the achievement of the following Strategic goals

In service to the world

Addressing the HIV/ AIDS pandemic
Addressing unemployment and poverty and their attendant ills

In strengthening the Diocese
Nurturing and deepening our spirituality
Promoting an empowered Christian family life
Deepening and expanding our evangelistic, teaching, and healing ministries
Fixing the finances, moving to tithing as the norm for members
Developing our Human Resources capacity, including the creation of a database, and an audit of skills; providing appropriate training for present and future clergy roles as well as intercultural and anti-racist training for all our people
Studying further the spiritual needs of young people and issues around human sexuality