Vision Statement

It is the Vision of the Diocese of Grahamstown that all people in the Diocese should know God’s love in Jesus Christ through the power of the Holy Spirit at work in us

Mission Statement

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

Strategic goals

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