The Acts of Convention
| Resolution Number: | 1997-A063 |
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| Title: | Request and Fund a Study Guide on Models for Ministry |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred As Amended |
| Final Text: | |
Resolved, That this 72nd General Convention request the Church Center staff to disseminate the report of the Standing Commission on Human Affairs, a study guide for the report, and an annotated bibliography of other materials and resources assembled by the Commission to the Bishops and to the directors of Christian Education or their equivalent in every Diocesan Office; and be it further
Resolved, That this 72nd General Convention direct the Committee on Program, Budget and Finance to provide $1,000 to complete the study guide on the principles of successful models for ministry to accompany the report.
| Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Philadelphia, 1997 (New York: General Convention, 1998), p. 791. |
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Legislative History
| Author: | The Standing Commission on Human Affairs |
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| Originating House: | House of Bishops |
| Originating Committee: | Committee on Education |
House of Bishops
Original Text of Resolution:
(A063)
Resolved, the House of Deputies concurring, That this 72nd General Convention request the Church Center staff to disseminate the materials and resources that the Standing Commission on Human Affairs has assembled and this report to the bishops and to the directors of Christian Education or their equivalent in every diocesan office.
Proposed Committee Amendment:
In lines 2-4, delete everything after "disseminate" and add "the report of the Standing Commission on Human Affairs, a study guide for the report, and an annotated bibliography of other materials and resources assembled by the Commission to the Bishops and to the directors of Christian Education or their equivalent in every Diocesan Office; and be it further
Resolved, That this 72nd General Convention direct the Committee on Program, Budget and Finance to provide $1,000 to complete the study guide on the principles of successful models for ministry to accompany the report."
Motion carried
Resolution adopted with amendment
(Communicated to the House of Deputies in HB Message #166)
House of Deputies
The Committee on Education presented its Report #9 on HB Message #166 on Resolution A063a (Disseminate Standing Commission on Human Affairs Materials), moved the resolution, and recommended concurrence.
Motion carried
The House concurred
(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #329)
Resolution Concurred by Both Houses, July 25.
| Report Reference: | Standing Commission on Human Affairs, Reports to the 72nd General Convention, 1997, pp. 212-242. |
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| Abstract: | The 72nd General Convention requests that the report of the Standing Commission on Human Affairs be distributed and that funds be allocated to complete a supplementary study guide on successful models for ministry. |