| Resolution Number: | 1985-A148 |
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| Title: | Study the Funding System and Voluntary Percentage Giving |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred |
| Final Text: | |
Resolved, That this 68th General Convention direct the Standing Commission on Stewardship and Development to study the matter of funding the national Church program, with special emphasis given to voluntary percentage giving, and to report its findings/recommendations to the 69th General Convention; and be it further
Resolved, That the Presidents of both Houses be authorized to appoint persons from the Program, Budget and Finance Committee to engage in this study with the Standing Commission on Stewardship and Development.
| Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Anaheim, 1985 (New York: General Convention, 1986), p. 162. |
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Legislative History
| Author: | The Standing Commission on Stewardship and Development |
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| Originating House: | House of Deputies |
| Originating Committee: | Committee on Program, Budget and Finance |
House of Deputies
Original Text of Resolution:
(A148)
Resolved, the House of Bishops concurring, That this 68th General Convention direct the Standing Commission on Stewardship and Development to study the matter of funding the national Church program, with special emphasis given to voluntary percentage giving, and to report its findings/recommendations to the 69th General Convention; and be it further
Resolved, That the Presidents of both Houses be authorized to appoint persons from the Program, Budget and Finance Committee to engage in this study with the Standing Commission on Stewardship and Development.
Motion carried
Resolution adopted
(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #57)
House of Bishops
The following message was received from the House of Deputies:
HD Message #57: A148 (Voluntary Percentage Giving to Program Budget).
The House concurred
(Communicated to the House of Deputies in HB Message #89)
Resolution Concurred by Both Houses, September 10.
| Report Reference: | Standing Commission on Stewardship and Development, Reports to the 68th General Convention, 1985, pp. 290-297. |
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| Abstract: | The 68th General Convention directs that Stewardship and Development Commission to study the funding of the national program with special attention to voluntary percentage giving. |