| Resolution Number: | 1985-D027 |
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| Title: | Appoint a Group to Study the Participation of Women in Church Life |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred As Substituted |
| Final Text: | |
Resolved, That this 68th General Convention request the Presiding Bishop to implement the Executive Council's recommendation to appoint a broadly representative group from across the Church to study women's participation in congregational, diocesan, provincial, and national Church bodies and to review, evaluate, plan and propose policy on women's full participation in the life of this Church, taking into consideration the study being made by the Triennial Committee and availing itself of information from the Council for Women's Ministries and other agencies of this Church, the Anglican Communion, and ecumenical bodies concerned with women's ministries.
| Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Anaheim, 1985 (New York: General Convention, 1986), p. 269. |
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Legislative History
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| Originating House: | House of Deputies |
| Originating Committee: | Committee on Committees and Commissions |
House of Deputies
Original Text of Resolution:
(D027)
Resolved, the House of Bishops concurring, That Canon I.1, Sec. 2 be amended to include a new sub-section (9):
A Commission for Women consisting of twelve members (three Bishops, three Presbyters or Deacons, and six Lay Persons) of whom at least half shall be women. Its duties shall be to:
-Study women's participation in congregational, diocesan, provincial, and national Church bodies.
-Review, evaluate, plan, and propose policy on women's full participation in the life of the Church.
-The Commission shall cooperate with other branches of the Anglican Communion as well as other members of the ecumenical community in the development of Women's Ministries.
Proposed Committee Substitute:
Whereas, there is a need to study, review, and evaluate the participation of women in congregational, diocesan, provincial and national church bodies; and
Whereas, the Triennial Committee of the ECW has commissioned a study on women's role in the Church; and
Whereas, the Executive Council has recommended that early in the next triennium a broadly representative group from across the Church at large be appointed by the Presiding Bishop to review whether or not the present direction of women in the Mission and Ministry is the most helpful way to enable fuller participation of all women in the Church; therefore be it
Resolved, the House of Bishops concurring, That this 68th General Convention request the Presiding Bishop to implement the Executive Council's recommendation to appoint a broadly representative group from across the Church to study women's participation in congregational, diocesan, provincial, and national Church bodies and to review, evaluate, plan and propose policy on women's full participation in the life of this Church, taking into consideration the study being made by the Triennial Committee and availing itself of information from the Council for Women's Ministries and other agencies of this Church, the Anglican Communion, and ecumenical bodies concerned with women's ministries.
Deputy Christie of Newark moved an amendment.
Proposed Amendment:
Add "the Council for Women's Ministries," as shown above.
The amendment was accepted by Committee.
Debate terminated.
Motion carried
Substitute resolution adopted
(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #206)
House of Bishops
The following message was received from the House of Deputies:
HD Message #206: D027 Substitute (Amend Canon I.1).
The House concurred
(Communicated to the House of Deputies in HB Message #264)
Resolution Concurred by Both Houses, September 14.
| Abstract: | The 68th General Convention requests a study of women's participation in Church life and developement of a policy for women's full participation. |
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