Full Legislative History
Resolution Number: 1985-D114
Title: Request an Appeal for Financial Support for the Church in South Africa
Legislative Action Taken: Concurred As Substituted
Final Text:

Resolved, That the 68th General Convention requests the Presiding Bishop, in concert with the Presiding Bishop-elect, to issue a special appeal to the Church, to be given through the Presiding Bishop's Fund for World Relief, for funds for Bishop Desmond Tutu's work in the Church in South Africa; and be it further

Resolved, That an offering for Bishop Tutu's work on behalf of the suffering people of South Africa be received at the Friday afternoon, September 13, legislative session of this Convention.

Citation: General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Anaheim, 1985 (New York: General Convention, 1986), p. 263.