The Acts of Convention
| Resolution Number: | 1988-A045 |
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| Title: | Encourage Appointment of Diocesan Ecumenical Officers |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred |
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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. |
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Legislative History
| Author: | The Standing Commission on Ecumenical Relations |
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| 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. |
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| Abstract: | The 69th General Convention encourages dioceses to appoint and fund ecumenical officers. |