| Resolution Number: | 2006-A139 | |
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| Title: | Celebrate Women in Ministry | |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred as Amended | |
| Final Text: | ||
Resolved, That the 75th General Convention of The Episcopal Church offer thanksgiving for the gift of all women in ministry, and especially those enabled by General Convention action including the seating of lay women deputies in 1970, the canons enabling the ordination of women to the diaconate in 1970, the priesthood in 1976, the consecration of a woman as bishop in 1989, and the election of a woman as Presiding Bishop in 2006; and be it further
Resolved, That all dioceses be encouraged to celebrate these ministries in ways that are appropriate to their locale; and be it further
Resolved,That pioneers in the ordination of women in all orders be part of this celebration and that their witness and courage be recognized; and be it further
Resolved, That dioceses that as yet have not ordained women to the priesthood continue to be encouraged to provide for the ordination and exercise of priestly ministry by women in their dioceses.
| Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Columbus, 2006 (New York: General Convention, 2007), p. 343. |
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