The Acts of Convention
| Resolution Number: | 2009-A104 |
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| Title: | Request Dioceses to Fund Multicultural Leadership Development |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred as Amended |
| Final Text: | |
Resolved, That the 76th General Convention recognize the importance of cultural diversity in the dioceses; and be it further
Resolved, That the 76th General Convention affirm the importance of cultural diversity and multicultural leadership development; and be it further
Resolved, That the 76th General Convention request that dioceses of The Episcopal Church consider a specific yearly budget allocation for the implementation of multicultural leadership development to support a diocesan strategic plan designed for the creation and sustaining of multicultural ministry, utilizing “Meeting on New Ground;” and be it further
Resolved, That the 76th General Convention reconvene the Task Force that created "Meeting on New Ground" to study the dioceses involved in such ministry, gather resources for developing and sustaining multicultural ministry and to report on the progress to the 77th General Convention; and be it further
Resolved, That the 76th General Convention request the Joint Standing Committee on Program, Budget and Finance to consider a budget allocation of $10,000 for the implementation of this resolution.
| Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Anaheim, 2009 (New York: General Convention, 2009), p. 718. |
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Legislative History
| Author: | The Standing Commission on Ministry Development |
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| Originating House: | House of Bishops |
| Originating Committee: | Committee on Ministry |
House of Bishops
The House of Bishops Committee on Ministry presented its Report #24 on Resolution A104 (Multicultural Leadership Development) and moved adoption with amendment.
Original Text of Resolution:
(A104)
Resolved, the House of Deputies concurring, That the 76th General Convention recognize the importance of cultural diversity in the dioceses; and be it further
Resolved, That the 76th General Convention affirm the importance of cultural diversity and multicultural leadership development; and be it further
Resolved, That the 76th General Convention request that dioceses of The Episcopal Church consider a specific yearly budget allocation for the implementation of multicultural leadership development to support a diocesan strategic plan designed for the creation and sustaining of multicultural ministry, utilizing “Meeting on New Ground;” and be it further
Resolved, That the 76th General Convention create a task force on multicultural ministry to study the dioceses involved in such ministry, gather resources for developing and sustaining multicultural ministry and to report on the progress to the 77th General Convention; and be it further
Resolved, That the 76th General Convention request the Joint Standing Committee on Program, Budget and Finance to consider a budget allocation of $10,000 for the implementation of this resolution.
Committee Amendment:
Resolved, the House of Deputies concurring, That the 76th General Convention recognize the importance of cultural diversity in the dioceses; and be it further
Resolved, That the 76th General Convention affirm the importance of cultural diversity and multicultural leadership development; and be it further
Resolved, That the 76th General Convention request that dioceses of The Episcopal Church consider a specific yearly budget allocation for the implementation of multicultural leadership development to support a diocesan strategic plan designed for the creation and sustaining of multicultural ministry, utilizing “Meeting on New Ground;” and be it further
Resolved, That the 76th General Convention create a task
force on multicultural ministry reconvene the Task Force that
created “Meeting on New Ground” to study the dioceses
involved in such ministry, gather resources for developing and sustaining
multicultural ministry and to report on the progress to the 77th General
Convention; and be it further
Resolved, That the 76th General Convention request the Joint Standing Committee on Program, Budget and Finance to consider a budget allocation of $10,000 for the implementation of this resolution.
Motion carried
Resolution adopted with amendment
(Communicated to the House of Deputies in HB Message #94)
House of Deputies
The House of Deputies Committee on Ministry presented its Report #22 on Resolution A104 (Multicultural Leadership Development) and moved concurrence.
The House concurred
(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #252)
Resolution Concurred by Both Houses, July 16.
| Report Reference: | Standing Commission on Ministry Development, Reports to the 76th General Convention, 2009, pp. 583-596. |
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| Abstract: | The 76th General Convention affirms cultural diversity and multicultural leadership development; requests dioceses to consider a budget allocation for multicultural leadership development; and authorizes a task force to study the diocesan response. |