| Resolution Number: | 1988-A074 |
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| Title: | Request a Balance of Women and Men on Appointed Church Bodies |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred |
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Resolved, That this 69th General Convention request the Presiding Bishop and the President of the House of Deputies to strive to achieve a balance of women and men appointed to all interim bodies, committees, commissions, boards and agencies of the Church so that the demographics of the worshipping community will be reflected in those appointed bodies; and be it further
Resolved, That bishops, clergy, and appointing officers in dioceses and congregations be requested to work toward a similar balance of women and men appointed to local and diocesan church bodies, so that women's gifts for leadership may be raised up within the whole Church alongside those of men.
| Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Detroit, 1988 (New York: General Convention, 1989), p. 705. |
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Legislative History
| Author: | The Executive Council: Committee for the Full Participation of Women in the Church |
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| Originating House: | House of Bishops |
| Originating Committee: | Committee on Structure |
House of Bishops
Original Text of Resolution:
(A074)
Resolved, the House of Deputies concurring, That this 69th General Convention request the Presiding Bishop and the President of the House of Deputies to strive to achieve a balance of women and men appointed to all interim bodies, committees, commissions, boards and agencies of the Church so that the demographics of the worshipping community will be reflected in those appointed bodies; and be it further
Resolved, That bishops, clergy, and appointing officers in dioceses and congregations be requested to work toward a similar balance of women and men appointed to local and diocesan church bodies, so that women's gifts for leadership may be raised up within the whole Church alongside those of men.
Motion carried
Resolution adopted
(Communicated to the House of Deputies in HB Message #323)
House of Deputies
The Committee on Structure presented its Report #28 on House of Bishops Message #323 relating to Resolution A074 (Balance of Women and Men on Church Bodies) and moved concurrence.
The House concurred
(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #369)
Resolution Concurred by Both Houses, July 11.
| Report Reference: | Executive Council: Committee for the Full Participation of Women in the Church, Reports to the 69th General Convention, 1988, pp. 103-121. |
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| Abstract: | The 69th General Convention requests that the Presiding Bishop, the President of the House of Deputies, and diocesan leadership strive to achieve a balance of women and men appointed to interim bodies. |