Full Legislative History
Resolution Number: 1979-C040
Title: Affirm Funding and Support of the Church in Uganda
Legislative Action Taken: Concurred
Final Text:

Resolved, 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, 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.

Citation: General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Denver, 1979 (New York: General Convention, 1980), p. C-108.