Outreach Ministry

Jerusalem Fund

One of the most recent charities that St. Paul’s supports is the Jerusalem Fund.  Newly established by the Anglican Diocese of South Carolina, this Fund provides financial support to those congregations in the Diocese who lost their historic properties and places of worship as a result of the litigation.  In addition to donations from Tea Room proceeds and St. Paul’s budget, the Fund received approximately $1,550 from this year’s Praise and Glory jars. 

The needs of the congregations leaving their historic properties vary greatly, but each of them shares the necessity of finding a new place of worship. Assistance is also needed with operating expenses, clergy housing, staffing support, ministry initiatives and worship resources.  The Diocese has set a goal to raise $1,000,000 to be used exclusively for helping these congregations to be effective and significant parishes in their communities.  To date, the Fund has received $328,000 in donations of which $120,000 has been disbursed.  The Diocese plans to raise the balance through generous individual donations from parishioners, through grant and foundation applications, and through tithing from planned parish capital campaigns.

Just as St. Paul personally collected funds from his many missionary congregations for support of the church in Jerusalem, the Jerusalem Fund has been created to provide the vehicle for the rest of the Diocese to come alongside these congregations, working as the Body of Christ to grow the Kingdom of God.