| 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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