The Acts of Convention

House of Deputies

The House of Deputies Committee on Governance and Structure presented its Report #19 on Resolution A129 (Resolution for a Forensic Audit of the Funds of the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society) and moved adoption with amendment.

Original Text of Resolution:

(A127)

Resolved, the House of Bishops concurring,

That the 80th General convention directs the Executive Council and the Presiding Officers of the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society conduct a forensic audit of the financial assets of the church that are directly tied to historical and current racial injustices and to report the results to the Executive Council prior to the 81st General Convention; and be it further

Resolved, That this 80th General Convention urges the Church Pension Group to conduct a forensic audit of its financial assets, and to report the results to its constituents; and be it further

Resolved, That this 80th General Convention urges each diocese to conduct its own forensic audit of their financial assets; and be it further

Resolved, That this 80th General Convention directs the Executive Council to make financial resources available to aid dioceses who may be financially unable to conduct such forensic audits of their finances.

Committee Amendment:

Resolved, the House of Bishops concurring,

That the 80th General Convention directs the Executive Council and the Presiding Officers of the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society Presiding Bishop and the President of the House of Deputies to ensure that this Church conducts a forensic audit of historical research on the origins and sources of the financial and all other assets of the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society that are directly tied to the enslavement of humans, the slave trade, and historical and current racial injustices, in order to tell the story of our history and to report the results to the Executive Council prior to the 81st General Convention; and be it further 

Resolved, That this 80th General Convention urges the Church Pension Group to conduct historical research on the origins and sources of its financial and all other assets, and to report the results to its constituents; and be it further 

Resolved, That this 80th General Convention urges each diocese to conduct its own historical research on the origins and sources of their financial and all other assets; and be it further 

Resolved, That the 80th General Convention directs the Executive Council to make financial resources available to aid dioceses who may be financially unable to conduct such forensic audits of their finances, and be it further 

Resolved, That this 80th General Convention allocates $150,000 for this work.

Debate ensued.

A vote was taken on Resolution A129 as amended.

Motion carried

Resolution adopted with amendment

(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #137)