Resolves of the Executive Council
| Title: | Reaffirmation of Commitment to the Millennium Development Goals |
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| ID: | EXC062011.27 |
| Committee: | World Mission (report 23) |
| Citation: | Executive Council Minutes, Jun. 17, 2011, Linthicum Heights, MD, p. 33. |
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Resolved, That the Executive Council, at its meeting in Linthicum Heights, MD, June 15-17, 2011, reaffirms its commitment to the Millennium Development Goals as a primary mission priority through 2015 and pledges to redouble its efforts in pursuit of achievement of these goals by 2015; and be it further Resolved, That the Executive Council requests the Joint Standing Committee on Finances for Mission (FFM) to include in the 2013-2015 DRAFT General Convention Budget, a line item of no less than 0.7% of the non-government revenue of The Episcopal Church to support the Millennium Development Goals and that this 0.7% commitment will be a visible and prophetic act of leadership in fighting global poverty; and be it further Resolved, That the funds from the 0.7% line item be contributed to a campaign for the triennium, 2013-2015, to be led and administered by Episcopal Relief and Development in support of its programs that are working to achieve the Millennium Development Goals. |
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