The Acts of Convention

Whereas, the Presiding Bishop has appealed to the Church to rejoice in the liberation of Uganda by a gift of $1,250,000, through the Presiding Bishop's Fund for World Relief, for relief and reconstruction in the Church of Uganda; and

Whereas, the joyous shouts celebrating the overthrow of Idi Amin's eight-year reign of terror have changed to muffled cries bemoaning the destruction of physical resources by war and mismanagement, and the destruction of moral resources by anarchy and the resurgence of historical rivalries; and

Whereas, Amin's policy of persecution of Christians made martyrs of many, including the late Archbishop of Uganda, Jonani Luwum, and toughened the fiber of faith and determination in the survivors, whereby the most significant factor in the painful reconstruction of the nation is its trust in the Lordship of Christ; and

Whereas, the emerging leadership in Uganda has called for help in building the new nation on a sound spiritual base, and in new relationships in the hearts of Ugandans; and

Whereas, 40% of the nation is composed of brother and sister Anglicans who have asked the Episcopal Church to help in two of the six components of their Relief and Rehabilitation Programme, specifically, in the areas of "Spiritual Renewal and Moral Rehabilitation" and in "Reconstruction of Church of Uganda Infrastructures"; be it therefore

Resolved, the House of Deputies concurring, That this 66th General Convention of the Episcopal Church affirms the initiative of the Executive Committee of the Presiding Bishop's Fund for World Relief in calling upon this Church to send our prayers and the sum of $1,250,000 to our brother and sister Anglicans in Uganda; and be it further

Resolved, the House of Deputies concurring, That with a sense of urgency we call upon each congregation of this Church to participate in a well-planned appeal through the Presiding Bishop's Fund for World Relief to accomplish this ministry of nation-building in Uganda as the Episcopal Church's fair share of the Church of Uganda's Relief and Rehabilitation Programme, totaling $4,058,000.