The Acts of Convention
| Resolution Number: | 1991-A133 |
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| Title: | Amend Canon III.3.1 [Add (c): Lay Persons to Be Licensed by the Bishop] |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred |
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Resolved, That the following subsection (c) be added to Canon III.3.1:
A Diocesan Bishop or the Ecclesiastical Authority may license duly certified Church Army Evangelists to exercise one or more of these ministries in accordance with the provision of this Canon.
| Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Phoenix, 1991 (New York: General Convention, 1992), p. 785. |
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Legislative History
| Author: | The Executive Council: Council for the Development of Ministry |
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| Originating House: | House of Bishops |
| Originating Committee: | Committee on Ministry |
House of Bishops
Original Text of Resolution:
(A133)
Resolved, the House of Deputies concurring, That the following subsection (c) be added to Canon III.3.1:
A Diocesan Bishop or the Ecclesiastical Authority may license duly certified Church Army Evangelists to exercise one or more of these ministries in accordance with the provision of this Canon.
Motion carried
Resolution adopted
(Communicated to the House of Deputies in HB Message #107)
House of Deputies
The Committee on Ministry presented its Report #41 on House of Bishops Message #107 on Resolution A133 (Licensing of Church Army Evangelists) and moved concurrence.
The House concurred
(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #310)
Resolution Concurred by Both Houses, July 20.
| Report Reference: | Executive Council: Council for the Development of Ministry, Reports to the 70th General Convention, 1991, pp. 300-344. |
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| Abstract: | The 70th General Convention amends Canon Title III.3.1 to give a diocesan bishop or the ecclesiastical authority the authority to license certified Church Army Evangelists to exercise ministries. |