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Resolution Number: 1997-A129
Title: Charge Dioceses and Provinces with Ministry to Migrant Farm Workers
Legislative Action Taken: Concurred as Submitted
Final Text:

Resolved, That the 72nd General Convention charge the Dioceses and Provinces of the Church with greater responsibility for sustaining and developing ministries of advocacy and outreach among migrant and seasonal farm workers, especially in the areas of health, education, family integrity, economic justice, the fight against "scapegoating," and religious community building.

Citation: General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Philadelphia, 1997 (New York: General Convention, 1998), p. 63.

 
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