| Resolution Number: | 1976-B175 |
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| Title: | Accept Diocesan Lands on Behalf of the Navajo Area Mission |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred |
| Final Text: | |
Resolved, That the General Convention of the Episcopal Church meeting in 1976, accept from the Dioceses of Utah and Arizona a cession of such portions of the said Dioceses as encompass lands of the Navajo Reservation, as well as the congregations of the Navajo Episcopalians on or adjacent to the exterior boundaries of the said Reservation, in order that the House of Bishops may establish an Area Mission within said ceded territory in accordance with Article VI., Section 1; such cession to be contingent upon the decision of the House of Bishops to establish such a mission.
| Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Minneapolis, 1976 (New York: General Convention, 1977), p. C-62. |
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Legislative History
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| Originating House: | House of Bishops |
| Originating Committee: | Committee on World Mission |
House of Bishops
On the Seventh Day, the Bishop of Alabama, Chairman of the Committee on World Mission, moved the adoption of the following Resolution (Implement B-175):
Whereas, the Dioceses of Arizona and Utah have fully complied with the requirements of Article VI, Sec. 3 (see documents B-174 and B-175), therefore be it
Resolved, the House of Deputies concurring, that the General Convention of the Episcopal Church meeting in 1976, accept from the Dioceses of Utah and Arizona a cession of such portions of the said Dioceses as encompass lands of the Navajo Reservation, as well as the congregations of the Navajo Episcopalians on or adjacent to the exterior boundaries of the said Reservation, in order that the House of Bishops may establish an Area Mission within said ceded territory in accordance with Article VI., Section 1; such cession to be contingent upon the decision of the House of Bishops to establish such a mission.
The motion was seconded by the Bishop of Pennsylvania.
Resolution adopted
(Communicated to the House of Deputies in HB Message #105)
House of Deputies
On the Tenth Day, Deputy Eddy (Alaska) presented Report #13 of the Committee on World Mission on Resolution B-175 and moved to concur with House of Bishops Message #105.
A vote by orders was called for whereupon Ballot #17 was used, the results of which are as follows:
| Clergy |
| 110 votes cast 72 needed for affirmative action (a two thirds vote being required) |
| 110--Yes 0--No 0--Divided |
| Lay |
| 105 votes cast 70 needed for affirmative action (a two thirds vote being required) |
| 103--Yes 0--No 2--Divided |
The House concurred
(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #160)
| Abstract: | The 65th General Convention accepts the cession of portions of the dioceses of Utah and Arizona to form the Navajoland Area Mission. |
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