| Resolution Number: | 1979-A116 |
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| Title: | Reaffirm Participation in North American and Caribbean Council |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred As Amended |
| Final Text: | |
Resolved, That the 66th General Convention reaffirms the continued participation of ECUSA in ACNAC and continues its support through the General Church Program Budget.
| Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Denver, 1979 (New York: General Convention, 1980), p. C-136. |
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Legislative History
| Author: | The Joint Committee on Nominations |
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| Originating House: | House of Deputies |
| Originating Committee: | Committee on World Mission |
House of Deputies
On the seventh day, the Committee on World Mission presented its Report #3 on Resolution A-116, and recommended adoption of the Resolution amended by the Committee as follows:
Proposed Committee Amendment:
Whereas, the Anglican Council for North America and the Caribbean is a regional council composed of representatives from the Anglican Church of Canada, the Church in the Province of the West Indies, and the Episcopal Church in the United States, together with representatives from CASA, the Diocese of Bermuda, the Episcopal Church of Cuba, and Province IX; and
Whereas, ACNAC provides an arena in which common concerns and mutual problems may be shared and studied by member Churches of the Anglican Communion in the Western Hemisphere; be it therefore
Resolved, the House of Bishops concurring, That the 66th General Convention reaffirms the continued participation of ECUSA in ACNAC and continues its support through the General Church Program Budget.
Resolution adopted
(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #89)
House of Bishops
On the ninth day, HD Message #89 on Resolution A-116 amended was received.
The House concurred
(Communicated to the House of Deputies in HB Message #163)
| Report Reference: | Joint Committee on Nominations, Reports to the 66th General Convention, 1979, pp. AA-198-AA-227. |
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| Abstract: | The 66th General Convention reaffirms the continued participation of ECUSA in the Anglican Council of North America and the Caribbean and continues its support through the General Church Program Budget. |