| Resolution Number: | 1976-C066 |
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| Title: | Consider Ways of Fostering Fair Employment Practices for Women in Ministry |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred |
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Resolved, That the recently published report on the employment of women Where Will All the Women Go? be commended to Bishops and Commissions on Ministry for careful study; and be it further
Resolved, That the Executive Council be asked to consider ways and means of fostering and supporting creative deployment practices and fair employment practices for women in ministry.
| Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Minneapolis 1976 (New York: General Convention, 1977), p. C-116. |
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Legislative History
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| Originating House: | House of Bishops |
| Originating Committee: | Committee on Ministry |
House of Bishops
On the Tenth Day, the Bishop of Chicago, Chairman of the Committee on Ministry, moved the adoption of the following Resolution (C-66):
Whereas, women have always exercised various vocations for ministry in this Church; and
Whereas, employment and deployment practices with regard to women have, in the past, not been adequate to make the be and most creative use of women in ministry, therefore be it
Resolved, the House of Deputies concurring, that the recently published report on the employment of women "Where Will All the Women Go?" be commended to Bishops and Commissions on Ministry for careful study; and be it further
Resolved, the House of Deputies concurring, that the Executive Council be asked to consider ways and means of fostering and supporting creative deployment practices and fair employment practices for women in ministry.
The motion was seconded by the Bishop of Fond du Lac.
Resolution adopted
(Communicated to the House of Deputies in HB Message #188)
House of Deputies
On the Tenth Day, the Secretary read Message #188 from the House of Bishops.
The House concurred
(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #151)
| Abstract: | The 65th General Convention asks the Executive Council to consider ways and means of supporting creative and fair employment practices for women in ministry. |
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