Today, at our Synod Council meeting, in accordance with the 2016 Churchwide Assembly Continuing Resolution to the Constitution:
5.01.A16. This church commits itself to ethnic and racial diversity. Each expression of this church shall annually assess its ethnic and racial diversity when compared to the demographic data of its community or territory. The churchwide organization will work with synods as they assist congregations to reach out to persons of color or whose primary language is other than English. 5.01.B16. Each synod shall submit its goals and strategies to the appropriate churchwide unit or office and shall annually submit a report on progress toward its goals to the Church Council. Council approved our 2022 goals and strategies for anti-racism and anti-bias efforts in our Synod. The final document, attached below was also submitted to churchwide.