Stewardship Office. Records

GC-09-R0343

The Archives of the Episcopal Church

Fonds

Stewardship Office. Records

• 1960-1989 (Creation)

3 cu.ft. (3 boxes)

The absorption of the United Stewardship Council into the National Council of Churches in 1950, coupled with a reorganization of the National Council’s Department of Publications, resulted in the establishment of the Stewardship Division, later known as the Division of Stewardship and Missionary Information. Under the direction of the Department of Publications, the new division was tasked with year-round teaching of the principles of stewardship throughout the Church. Its main focus was the continuation of the Every Member Canvass program, which in addition to producing workshops and training materials, provided education and best practices to every parish and mission in the Church. In 1970, General Convention created the first institutional Development Office of the DFMS, appointing Oscar Carr as Executive Director and the Rev. Richard J. Anderson as Stewardship Officer. Between 1971 and 1977, Carr advanced Church-wide stewardship through training, publications, and resource development, signaling a new emphasis on education, planned giving, and major fundraising.

These records include correspondence and records relating to the work of the Stewardship Office, including programs such as Mutual Responsibility and Interdependence (MRI), Venture in Mission (VIM), Every Member Canvass, as well as stewardship plans from ten different dioceses. Also included are meeting minutes, summaries, and strategy papers of the Stewardship Committee and the Development Office during the 1970s that document the staff’s relationship to Executive Council.

Program Administration, 1960–1989
Workshops, 1963–1979
Diocese Stewardship Programs, 1960–1978
Studies and Surveys, 1964–1966
Executive Council, 1969–1978

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• English

• Development Office
• Every Member Canvass
• Mutual Responsibility and Interdependence (MRI)
• Partnership Principle
• Quota system
• Standing Commission on Stewardship and Development
• United Stewardship Council
• Venture in Mission (VIM)
• Stewardship

• Anderson, Richard J. (Subject)
• Carr, Oscar (Subject)
• Carson, Jr., Thomas H. (Subject)
• Free, Harry (Subject)