| Resolution Number: | 2009-A080 |
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| Title: | Address Access of Disabled Persons to Ministry Discernment |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred as Substituted |
| Final Text: | |
Resolved, That the 76th General Convention direct provincial Commissions on Ministry networks in the next triennium to address the access and welcome of qualified persons with disabilities to begin ministry discernment as described in Title III of the Constitution and Canons of The Episcopal Church; and be it further
Resolved, That their findings be shared with bishops diocesan and diocesan Commissions on Ministry in order to encourage persons with disabilities to begin ministry discernment and to educate them about the process.
| Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Anaheim, 2009 (New York: General Convention, 2009), p. 716. |
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Legislative History
| Author: | The Standing Commission on Health |
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| Originating House: | House of Bishops |
| Originating Committee: | Committee on Ministry |
House of Bishops
The House of Bishops Committee on Ministry presented its Report #15 on Resolution A080 (Ministry Discernment for Disabled Persons) and moved adoption of a substitute.
Original Text of Resolution:
(A080)
Resolved, the House of Deputies concurring, That all Dioceses encourage qualified people with disabilities to begin ministry discernment as described in Title III of the Constitution and Canons of The Episcopal Church; and be it further
Resolved, That the discernment process for people with disabilities be the same as the discernment process for persons who are temporarily able-bodied; and be it further
Resolved, That the Commissions on Ministry and Standing Committees apply the same standards to persons with disabilities as they apply to persons who are temporarily ablebodied.
Committee Substitute:
Resolved, the House of Deputies concurring, That the 76th General Convention direct provincial Commissions on Ministry networks in the next triennium to address the access and welcome of qualified persons with disabilities to begin ministry discernment as described in Title III of the Constitution and Canons of The Episcopal Church; and be it further
Resolved, That their findings be shared with bishops diocesan and diocesan Commissions on Ministry in order to encourage persons with disabilities to begin ministry discernment and to educate them about the process.
Motion carried
Substitute resolution adopted
(Communicated to the House of Deputies in HB Message #51)
House of Deputies
The House of Deputies Committee on Ministry presented its Report #17 on Resolution A080 (Ministry Discernment for Disabled Persons) and moved concurrence.
The House concurred
(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #248)
Resolution Concurred by Both Houses, July 16.
| Report Reference: | Standing Commission on Health, Reports to the 76th General Convention, 2009, pp. 170-176. |
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| Abstract: | The 76th General Convention directs provincial Commissions on Ministry to address access of qualified persons with disabilities to begin ministry discernment as described in the Title III Canons and share their results with the dioceses. |