Strategic Plan Final Report

In a unanimous vote on Thursday, August 8, the ADC Board ratified Anglican Deacons Canada's August 2024 Visioning and Strategy Report "as the plan which will guide the work of ADC for the next five to seven years . . .". This final report is now available for download at the bottom of this page. (Please scroll down).

The adoption of this ambitious, forward-looking plan by the Board points the way to the future of the Canadian diaconate, and to a more diaconal church.  We commend it for your prayerful consideration and action

This final report is the product of extensive consultations with deacons, directors of deacons, bishops, and many other stakeholders. In addition, the penultimate draft of the report was the subject of two engagement sessions during ADC's national conference at the Sorrento Centre in mid-June and a Zoom preview of the report attracted over forty participants to a lively discussion in May. 

ADC is extremely grateful for the excellent work undertaken by Canon Ian Alexander (Lay Canon of the Diocese of Islands and Inlets and Prolocutor of the Anglican Church of Canada) who was hired in August 2022 as our Strategic Planning Faciltator as well as the work of the members of the Strategic Planning Committee ably chaired by the Ven. Kyn Barker (Coordinator of Deacons for the Diocese of Toronto). 

In response to feedback received from participants at ADC's national conference held in June at the Sorrento Centre as well as comments received from members of ADC's Strategic Planning Committee at the July 31 meeting that concluded their work on behalf of ADC. 

If you have questions or comments after reading the report, please send them to:
info@anglicandeacons.ca.