| Resolution Number: | 1997-D032 | |
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| Title: | Acknowledge the Church's Unique Role in Ministering to Youth | |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred as Amended | |
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Resolved, That this 72nd General Convention, while recognizing that parents are the loving source of authority in the education of children, acknowledge the Church's unique role in ministering to all youth, particularly in the area of faith and morals: and be it further
Resolved, That all parishes are urged to teach and support sexual abstinence, self-respect, resistance to peer pressure and respect to those who say "no" to sex before marriage.
| Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Philadelphia, 1997 (New York: General Convention, 1998), p. 277. |
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