A Community of Faith

Profile Table of Contents

+ Profile Table of Contents
+ Summary
+ Our Values, Vision and Mission
 + Our Challenges and Strengths
 + Whom do we Seek as Our
   Next Bishop?
 + Our History, Where We Live,
+ Who We Are and What We Do
+ Timeline
 + Position Description
   (Appendix A)
+ Nomination Form
   (Appendix B)
 + Statistics and Data
   (Appendix C)
+ Diocesan Survey Results
   (Appendix D)

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+ Bishop Search Website

Committees

+ Members of the
   Search Committee
+ Members of the
   Transition Committee

Diocese in Pictures

Ballet Folklórico Milpitas
Ballet Folklórico Milpitas
Santa Maria Virgen,
Milpitas, CA

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St. John the Divine
St. John the Divine,
Morgan Hill, CA

   

The Profile of
The Diocese of El Camino Real

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Our Challenges and Strengths

The Diocese of El Camino Real has values which reflect our dedication to building community, discipleship and personal transformation of all of our members.  We treasure the finding of common ground with people of diverse backgrounds, opinions, priorities and spiritual perspectives. As part of our interim work, a Diocesan Evaluation and Structure Committee (DESC), appointed by the Standing Committee of the diocese, prepared an evaluation of the current status of the diocese, as well as alternative proposals to improve our organizational structure and function. The proposals will be considered as resolutions to Convention in October. We urge prospective candidates to read the Diocesan Evaluation report because it is thorough, specific and thoughtful, and unflinching in its comments on such difficult issues as the importance of developing an overarching sense of vision and purpose in the diocese, mission strategy, declining attendance in the face of increasing capital needs and the impact of the differing cultural norms for worship found in our diocese.

We face the following challenges:

  • To continue our work to develop consensus or clarify key issues, including the best way to manage and rationalize our organizational structure and the nature and level of diocesan assessments.
  • To work with those congregations which have been struggling for many years to discern their future, including their future viability.
  • To develop effective ways to start and nurture healthy, self-sustaining congregations.
    To develop new liturgies and programs that speak to and attract the postmodern generation and the ethnic and socioeconomic diversity that is in our mission fields.
  • To develop our financial stewardship to match the economic giftedness of our diocese.
  • To integrate our rapidly growing ethnic congregations into the mainstream of the diocese.
  • To prepare for the challenge that many of our clergy are approaching retirement age within the next five years.
  • To find ways to establish and maintain relationships and accomplish ministry despite the extent of our geographic size.

We offer the following strengths and resources:

  • An emerging environment of trust and openness.
  • Improved communication and openness about work in progress within the diocese, including in areas of disagreement or discord.
  • An enthusiastic clergy and laity who cherish what is holy and are eager to do God’s work in this diocese.
  • Skilled and experienced diocesan staff, both paid and volunteer.

We seek a bishop who will walk our difficult roads with us, celebrate our strengths
and take us closer to God’s Kingdom.

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Last updated: February 20, 2007