| Resolution Number: | 1991-A057 |
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| Title: | Support the WCC's "Ecumenical Decade: Church in Solidarity with Women" |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred As Amended |
| Final Text: | |
Resolved, That this 70th General Convention affirm its support for the Ecumenical Decade: Churches in Solidarity with Women, and urge the Executive Council to give attention to this World Council of Churches venture in securing funding and participation by church leadership.
| Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Phoenix, 1991 (New York: General Convention, 1992), p. 828. |
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Legislative History
| Author: | The Standing Commission on Ecumenical Relations |
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| Originating House: | House of Bishops |
| Originating Committee: | Committee on Ecumenical Relations |
House of Bishops
Original Text of Resolution:
(A057)
Resolved, the House of Deputies concurring, That this 70th General Convention affirm its support for the Ecumenical Decade in Solidarity with Women, and urge the Executive Council to give attention to this World Council of Churches venture in securing funding and participation by church leadership.
Proposed Committee Amendment:
After "Decade" insert": Churches."
Motion carried
Resolution adopted with amendment
(Communicated to the House of Deputies in HB Message #320)
House of Deputies
The Committee on Ecumenical Relations presented its Report #16 on House of Bishops Message #320 relating to Resolution A057a (Ecumenical Decade in Solidarity with Women) and moved concurrence.
The House concurred
(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #378)
Resolution Concurred by Both Houses, July 20.
| Report Reference: | Standing Commission on Ecumenical Relations, Reports to the 70th General Convention, 1991, pp. 61-100. |
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| Abstract: | The 70th General Convention affirms its support for the "Ecumenical Decade: Churches in Solidarity with Women." |