The Acts of Convention

Resolved, That the 72nd General Convention of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America approve the request of the Central American Dioceses of Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Panama and releases them to form a new autonomous Province of the Anglican Communion, beginning January 1, 1998; and be it further

Resolved, That the General Convention of 1997 approve the Covenant, which includes a continued partnership in mission and a forty year progressive financial reduction plan, for the new Province, subject to review and revision every three years by the Treasurer of the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society, the Executive Council, and the IARCA Provincial Council, said plan having been approved by the Covenant Committee of PECUSA and the Anglican Church of the Central Region of America otherwise known as Iglesia Anglicana de la Region Central de America (IARCA); and be it further

Resolved, That the new Province of Central America, in consultation with the Church Pension Fund, develop and implement a pension program no later than January 1, 2003.