The Episcopal Diocese of West Texas invites its congregations to participate in determining the mission and ministry of the diocese that is supported through its annual budget. Beginning with the 2006 budget year, the diocesan budget has been divided into two sections: The Operating Budget and the Reaching Out Budget.

These pages describe the process through which those budgets are established and approved.
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 Reaching Out Budget

About 1/3 of the entire diocesan budget is reserved specifically for ministry that is carried out through diocesan programs, all of which have a direct impact on the 91 congregations of the diocese.

The 2007 Reaching Out Budget, of about $1.11 million, is composed of 18 ministries. Ministry heads submit their budget requests to the Executive Board, which further refines them. Congregations of the diocese are then invited to allocate about 1/3 of their diocesan apportionment among these ministries.

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Operating Budget

The Operating Budget, of about $2.46 million, represents about 2/3 of the entire diocesan budget. It supports the offices and activities of our two bishops: the ordained ministry through education, chaplaincies, deployment, and other programs; insurance costs for clergy and laity, both active and retired; administrative and operating costs of the Bishop Jones Center, the diocesan headquarters in San Antonio; and diocesan staff salaries.

This budget is assembled by the Diocesan Finance Department, submitted to the Executive Board for approval, and is adopted by the Annual Diocesan Council.

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