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Resolution Number: 1988-A045
Title: Encourage Appointment of Diocesan Ecumenical Officers
Legislative Action Taken: Concurred
Final Text:

Resolved, That this 69th General Convention encourage all dioceses which have not already done so to appoint ecumenical officers and assistants and to provide the necessary financial support for their work.

Citation: General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Detroit, 1988 (New York: General Convention, 1989), p. 504.

Legislative History

Author: The Standing Commission on Ecumenical Relations
Originating House: House of Bishops
Originating Committee: Committee on Ecumenical Relations

House of Bishops

Original Text of Resolution:

(A045)

Resolved, the House of Deputies concurring, That this 69th General Convention encourage all dioceses which have not already done so to appoint ecumenical officers and assistants and to provide the necessary financial support for their work.

Motion carried

Resolution adopted

(Communicated to the House of Deputies in HB Message #24)

House of Deputies

The Committee on Ecumenical Relations presented its Report #5 on House of Bishops Message #24 relating to Resolution A045 (Diocesan Ecumenical Officers) and moved concurrence.

The House concurred

(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #85)

Resolution Concurred by Both Houses, July 4.

Report Reference:   Standing Commission on Ecumenical Relations, Reports to the 69th General Convention, 1988, pp. 24-62.
Abstract:   The 69th General Convention encourages dioceses to appoint and fund ecumenical officers.