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The Archives of The Episcopal Church, USA is the official repository for
records created by and about the Episcopal Church, related Anglican bodies,
and individual Episcopalians. Its mission is to preserve and make available
documentary evidence of the ongoing life and work of the Church and to offer
a useful information service to its leadership, its members and to the
general public. The Archives serves the broader mission of the Church by
using its resources to support individual ministry, community life, and the
corporate vitality of the institutional Church.
In pursuit of this goal, the Archives actively documents all aspects of
mission and ministry, lay and ordained. Its purpose is to create a
permanent and useful resource on the witness of this community and the
activities that have defined the Episcopal and Anglican experience in
America and in world mission. The Archives aims to support the
understanding of all inquirers who seek to access the past, whether to
inform an institutional perspective, to seek an individual appreciation, or
to promote the historical dimension of Episcopal and Anglican tradition.
The Archives is authorized by the General Convention and is administered by
the Board of the Archives as provided by Canon Title I.5.
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