The Acts of Convention
| Resolution Number: | 1976-D005 | |
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| Title: | Establish a Study Committee on Total Ministry | |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred | |
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Resolved, That the 65th General Convention approve that the Board for Theological Education and the Program Committee on Lay Ministries of the Executive Council, in full consultation with the Ministry Council, be authorized to create a Study Committee on Total Ministry with special attention to the ministry of the laity; be it further
Resolved, That the 65th General Convention approve that this study include, but not be limited to, the following:
- an analysis of the concept of the total Christian ministry of laity and clergy in their mutually supportive and interdependent roles,
- an inventory of the resources available for the education and training of adult lay persons,
- consideration of the possibility for certification of laity for specialized training and skills and, further, for the recognition of their accomplishment in ministry.
| Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Minneapolis 1976 (New York: General Convention, 1977), p. C-118. |
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