| Resolution Number: | 1988-A146 |
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| Title: | Support and Fund a Ministry of Reconciliation in Central America |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred |
| Final Text: | |
Resolved, That the 69th General Convention endorse the call of the Standing Commission on Peace to support a substantial ministry of healing and reconciliation in Central America; and be it further
Resolved, That the Presiding Bishop and the Executive Council be urged to seek funding of $1.5 million over a six-year period beginning in 1989 to support this program.
| Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Detroit, 1988 (New York: General Convention, 1989), p. 326. |
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Legislative History
| Author: | Standing Commission on Peace |
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| Originating House: | House of Deputies |
| Originating Committee: | Committee on National and International Problems |
House of Deputies
Original Text of Resolution:
(A146)
Resolved, the House of Bishops concurring, That the 69th General Convention endorse the call of the Standing Commission on Peace to support a substantial ministry of healing and reconciliation in Central America; and be it further
Resolved, That the Presiding Bishop and the Executive Council be urged to seek funding of $1.5 million over a six-year period beginning in 1989 to support this program.
Motion carried
Resolution adopted
(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #299)
House of Bishops
The Committee on National and International Affairs [sic] presented its Report #34 on House of Deputies Message #299 on Resolution A146 (Ministry of Reconciliation in Central America) and moved concurrence.
The House concurred
(Communicated to the House of Deputies in HB Message #404)
Resolution Concurred by Both Houses, July 11.
| Report Reference: | Standing Commission on Peace, Reports to the 69th General Convention, 1988, pp. 340-359. |
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| Abstract: | The 69th General Convention calls for funding a ministry of healing and reconciliation in Central America. |