| Resolution Number: | 1976-B118 |
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| Title: | Amend Canon III.26.7 [Pensions for Women in the Diaconate] |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred As Substituted |
| Final Text: | |
Resolved, That Canon III. 26. 7, be amended to read as follows:
Sec. 7. Women ordained to the Diaconate prior to January 1, 1971, who are not employed in active service on January 1, 1977, shall continue to have the benefit of their present provisions for pension protection at the expense of their employers, through the Pension Plan for Deaconesses provided by the Church Life Insurance Corporation, or through some other pension plan providing equivalent or better guarantees of dependable retirement income, approved by proper authority. Women ordained to the Diaconate prior to January 1, 1971, who are employed in active service on or after January 1, 1977, shall be entitled to the same provisions for pension protection as other Deacons based on prospective service on or after January 1, 1977. Women ordained to the Diaconate on or after January 1, 1977, shall be entitled to the same pension protection as other Deacons.
| Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Minneapolis, 1976 (New York: General Convention, 1977), p. C-58. |
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Legislative History
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| Originating House: | House of Deputies |
| Originating Committee: | Committee on Church Pension Fund |
House of Deputies
On the Tenth Day, Deputy Myrick (Southeast Florida) presented Report #16 of the Committee on the Church Pension Fund on Resolution B-118 and moved the following substitute:
Resolved, the House of Bishops concurring, that Canon III. 26. 7, be amended to read as follows:
Sec. 7. Women ordained to the Diaconate prior to January 1, 1971, who are not employed in active service on January 1, 1977, shall continue to have the benefit of their present provisions for pension protection at the expense of their employers, through the Pension Plan for Deaconesses provided by the Church Life Insurance Corporation, or through some other pension plan providing equivalent or better guarantees of dependable retirement income, approved by proper authority. Women ordained to the Diaconate prior to January 1, 1971, who are employed in active service on or after January 1, 1977, shall be entitled to the same provisions for pension protection as other Deacons based on prospective service on or after January 1, 1977. Women ordained to the Diaconate on or after January 1, 1977, shall be entitled to the same pension protection as other Deacons.
Resolution adopted
(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #155)
House of Bishops
On the Eleventh Day, the Secretary read Message #155 from the House of Deputies on Resolution B-118, Canon on Diaconate.
The House concurred
(Communicated to the House of Deputies in HB Message #207)
| Abstract: | The 65th General Convention amends Canon Title III.26.7 to provide equal pension benefits to women ordained to the diaconate. |
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