The Acts of Convention
| Resolution Number: | 1997-A134 |
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| Title: | Request Triennial Report on Diocesan Programs to Train the Laity |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred as Substituted |
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Resolved, That consistent with the provisions of Title III, Canon 1 (Of the Ministry of All Baptized Persons), the Council for the Development of Ministry, or other agency of the Executive Council as may be properly accountable for education of the laity, shall conduct a survey of all Dioceses every three years, which will describe the programs and budgets employed for the preparation and training of the laity for the exercise of their ministries; and be it further
Resolved, That prior to each General Convention a consolidated report of survey findings shall be prepared by the Council for the Development of Ministry or other appropriate agency and distributed to all Bishops and Deputies to the General Convention, to the Chairperson of each Diocesan Commission on Ministry, and to the Director of each training program identified in the survey.
| Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Philadelphia, 1997 (New York: General Convention, 1998), p. 182. |
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Legislative History
| Author: | The Committee on the State of the Church |
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| Originating House: | House of Deputies |
| Originating Committee: | Committee on Education |
House of Deputies
Original Text of Resolution:
(A134)
Resolved, the House of Bishops concurring, That the Commission on Ministry or other appropriate body in each diocese be urged to provide resources (financial, human, printed or electronic) for the education of the laity for ministry.
Proposed Committee Substitute:
Resolved, the House of Bishops concurring, That consistent with the provisions of Title III, Canon 1 (Of the Ministry of All Baptized Persons), the Council for the Development of Ministry, or other agency of the Executive Council as may be properly accountable for education of the laity, shall conduct a survey of all Dioceses every three years, which will describe the programs and budgets employed for the preparation and training of the laity for the exercise of their ministries; and be it further
Resolved, That prior to each General Convention a consolidated report of survey findings shall be prepared by the Council for the Development of Ministry or other appropriate agency and distributed to all Bishops and Deputies to the General Convention, to the Chairperson of each diocesan Commission on Ministry, and to the Director of each training program identified in the survey.
Motion carried
Substitute resolution adopted
(Communicated to the House of Bishops in Message HD #150)
House of Bishops
The Committee on Education presented its Report # 7 on HD Message #150 on Resolution A134s (Education of the Laity), moved the resolution, and recommended concurrence.
Motion carried
The House concurred
(Communicated to the House of Deputies in HB Message #175)
Resolution Concurred by Both Houses, July 22.
| Report Reference: | Committee on the State of the Church, Reports to the 72nd General Convention, 1997, pp. 402-435. |
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| Abstract: | The 72nd General Convention requests the Council for the Development of Ministry to prepare and distribute a triennial report on diocesan programs to train laity for their ministries. |