Resolution Number: 2015-A302
Title: Express Sorrow and Solidarity to Emanuel AME Church, Charleston, SC
Legislative Action Taken: Concurred
Final Text:

Resolved, That the 78th General Convention of The Episcopal Church, currently meeting in Salt Lake City, Utah joins in pain, grief, and sorrow with the families and friends of Rev. Clementa Pinckney, Rev. Depayne Middleton-Doctor, Myra Thompson, Rev. Daniel Simmons Sr., Cynthia Hurd, Rev. Sharonda Coleman-Singleton, Tywanza Sanders, Susie Jackson, and Ethel Lance, who were slain in a racist act of violence. As our hearts go out to them, The Episcopal Church stands in solidarity with the people of Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church, our brothers and sisters of the wider African Methodist Episcopal Church, and the people of Charleston, South Carolina as they respond with acts of forgiveness, reconciliation, and justice.

Citation: General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Salt Lake City, 2015 (New York: General Convention, 2015), pp. 235-236.

Legislative History

Author: Legislative Committee on Social Justice and United States Policy
Originating House: House of Deputies
Originating Committee: Social Justice and United States Policy

House of Deputies

The House of Deputies Committee on Social Justice and United States Policy presented its Report #2 on Resolution A302 (Letter of Condolence to Emanuel AME Church, Charleston, SC) and moved adoption.

Original Text of Resolution:

(A302)

Resolved, the House of Bishops concurring, That the 78th General Convention of The Episcopal Church, currently meeting in Salt Lake City, Utah, joins in pain, grief, and sorrow with the families and friends of Rev. Clementa Pinckney, Rev. Depayne Middleton-Doctor, Myra Thompson, Rev. Daniel Simmons Sr., Cynthia Hurd, Rev. Sharonda Coleman-Singleton, Tywanza Sanders, Susie Jackson, and Ethel Lance, who were slain in a racist act of violence. As our hearts go out to them, The Episcopal Church stands in solidarity with the people of Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church, our brothers and sisters of the wider African Methodist Episcopal Church, and the people of Charleston, South Carolina as they respond with acts of forgiveness, reconciliation, and justice.

Motion carried

Resolution adopted

(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #8)

House of Bishops

The House of Bishops Committee on Social Justice and United States Policy presented its Report #1 on HD Message #8 on Resolution A302 (Letter of Condolence to Emanuel AME Church, Charleston, SC) and moved concurrence.

Motion carried

The House concurred

(Communicated to the House of Deputies in HB Message #69)

Resolution Concurred by Both Houses, June 27.

Abstract:   The 78th General Convention expresses sorrow and solidarity to those affected by the death and racial violence at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church, Charleston, SC.
Notes:  

The resolution was created at the Convention by the Social Justice and United States Policy Legislative Committee, which resulted in the assignment of the resolution number of A302 (to indicate that it was not part of the pre-filed sequence).