From Episcopal Life Online
As the Episcopal Church of Liberia tries to rebuild after years of civil war that ravaged the church and the nation, the Episcopal Church is being asked to continue aiding that work.
The Episcopal Church's Executive Council will on April 22 consider approving a new covenant partnership between the Episcopal Church and the Episcopal Church in Liberia. The Liberian diocese approved the agreement at its convention earlier this year.
The current agreement may be read here.
Founded by the U.S.-based Episcopal Church in 1836, the Episcopal Church of Liberia was a diocese in the Episcopal Church until 1980, when it became part of the Anglican Province of West Africa. As part of that change of affiliation, the Episcopal Church and the Liberia diocese signed the current covenant partnership, which pledges each entity to mutual ministry and interdependence and calls for financial subsidies for a certain amount of time.
From 1983 through 2007, the Liberian church received close to $6.6 million from the Episcopal Church.
Liberian Bishop Jonathan B.B. Hart told council on April 21 that the diocese knows the Episcopal Church has many demands on its resources. "Thanks be to God, your hearts were led our way," he said, adding that the partnership "has built a fellowship in Christ you can proudly boast of." Hart told council members that he is "a product of the institutions you have supported and sustained."
More here-
http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79901_107006_ENG_HTM.htm
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