The Acts of Convention
| Resolution Number: | 1997-A068 |
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| Title: | Request a Domestic Missionary Strategy for Diverse Ethnic Groups |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred as Substituted |
| Final Text: | |
Resolved, That this 72nd General Convention give thanks for the creative and effective ministries in our Church which reach out across racial and cultural lines; and be it further
Resolved, That each diocese and province be requested to create and implement a domestic missionary strategy to reach out and embrace peoples diverse in ethnicity and not included in large numbers in the Episcopal Church; and be it further
Resolved, That the Evangelism Office at the Church Center be requested to support the diocesan and provincial planning efforts.
| Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Philadelphia, 1997 (New York: General Convention, 1998), p. 618. |
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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 Evangelism |
House of Bishops
Original Text of Resolution:
(A068)
Resolved, the House of Deputies concurring, That this 72nd General Convention request the Evangelism Office at the Church Center to create and implement a domestic missionary strategy to reach out and embrace God's miraculous creation of peoples diverse in ethnicity, economic circumstances, and gender who have hitherto been marginalized in our society and not included in the Episcopal Church. This evangelistic effort should commit itself especially, but not exclusively, to Asian-Americans, Native Americans, African Americans, Latino-Americans, and other ethnic minorities.
Proposed Committee Substitute:
Resolved, the House of Deputies concurring, That this 72nd General Convention give thanks for the creative and effective ministries in our Church which reach out across racial and cultural lines; and be it further
Resolved, that each diocese and province be requested to create and implement a domestic missionary strategy to reach out and embrace peoples diverse in ethnicity and not included in large numbers in the Episcopal Church; and be it further
Resolved, that the Evangelism Office at the Church Center be requested to support the diocesan and provincial planning efforts.
Motion carried
Substitute resolution adopted
(Communicated to the House of Deputies in HB Message #40)
House of Deputies
The Committee on Evangelism presented its Report #2 on HB Message #40 on Resolution A068s (Domestic Missionary Strategy for the Marginalized), moved the resolution, and recommended concurrence.
Motion carried
The House concurred
(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #161)
Resolution Concurred by Both Houses, July 21.
| 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 each diocese and province work with the Evangelism Office to implement a domestic missionary strategy to reach diverse ethnic groups. |