The Acts of Convention

Resolved, That Canon III. 26. 7, be amended to read as follows:

Sec. 7. Women ordained to the Diaconate prior to January 1, 1971, who are not employed in active service on January 1, 1977, shall continue to have the benefit of their present provisions for pension protection at the expense of their employers, through the Pension Plan for Deaconesses provided by the Church Life Insurance Corporation, or through some other pension plan providing equivalent or better guarantees of dependable retirement income, approved by proper authority. Women ordained to the Diaconate prior to January 1, 1971, who are employed in active service on or after January 1, 1977, shall be entitled to the same provisions for pension protection as other Deacons based on prospective service on or after January 1, 1977. Women ordained to the Diaconate on or after January 1, 1977, shall be entitled to the same pension protection as other Deacons.