| Resolution Number: | 1988-A077 |
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| Title: | Request the Presiding Bishop to Appoint a Committee on the Status of Women |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred |
| Final Text: | |
Resolved, That this 69th General Convention request the Presiding Bishop to appoint a Committee on the Status of Women, which would report to Executive Council. Its responsibilities would include:
-- supporting and advising the Presiding Bishop on matters affecting the participation of women in the Church, including assisting in the identification of women for appointment to various Church bodies;
-- serving as advisory body to the Office of Women in Mission and Ministry;
-- maintaining advocacy for women's ministries, and for the justice issues which particularly affect women; and
-- continuing the monitoring and analysis of patterns of women's participation in the Church; and be it further
Resolved, That the committee be composed of not more than twelve (12) members, appointed by the Presiding Bishop and confirmed by Executive Council, with its members reflecting the diversity of the worshipping community of the Episcopal Church, and including a bishop, priest(s), deacon(s), and lay persons with specific interest in and concern for the participation of women in the mission and ministry of the Church.
| Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Detroit, 1988 (New York: General Convention, 1989), p. 308. |
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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 Deputies |
| Originating Committee: | Committee on Committees and Commissions |
House of Deputies
Original Text of Resolution:
(A077)
Resolved, the House of Bishops concurring, That this 69th General Convention request the Presiding Bishop to appoint a Committee on the Status of Women, which would report to Executive Council. Its responsibilities would include:
-- supporting and advising the Presiding Bishop on matters affecting the participation of women in the Church, including assisting in the identification of women for appointment to various Church bodies;
-- serving as advisory body to the Office of Women in Mission and Ministry;
-- maintaining advocacy for women's ministries, and for the justice issues which particularly affect women; and
-- continuing the monitoring and analysis of patterns of women's participation in the Church; and be it further
Resolved, That the Committee be composed of not more than twelve (12) members, appointed by the Presiding Bishop and confirmed by Executive Council, with its members reflecting the diversity of the worshipping community of the Episcopal Church, and including a bishop, priest(s), deacon(s), and lay persons with specific interest in and concern for the participation of women in the mission and ministry of the Church.
Motion carried
Resolution adopted
(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #280)
House of Bishops
The Committee on Committees and Commissions presented its Report #9 on House of Deputies Message #280 on Resolution A077 (Committee on the Status of Women) and moved concurrence.
The House concurred
(Communicated to the House of Deputies in HB Message #368)
Resolution Concurred by Both Houses, July 10.
| 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 appoint a Committee on the Status of Women. |