The Acts of Convention

Resolved, That the 73rd General Convention of the Episcopal Church celebrate the diversity of cultures and races of the member churches of the Anglican Communion; and be it further

Resolved, That the Convention note that the breadth of cultural differences in the Communion today is both a gift and a challenge to understandings of authority in our communion; and be it further

Resolved, That the Convention affirm the Anglican experience of shared provincial authority as an authority shared among lay, clerical, and episcopal orders as well as among the many and diverse churches of the Anglican Communion; and be it further

Resolved, That the Convention commend the Episcopal Church's ongoing participation in the variety of ways Anglicans come together as the Body of Christ including, but not limited to, diocesan and national conventions, the Anglican Consultative Council, Lambeth Conferences, the Primates Meeting, Anglican Congresses, and official and unofficial networks; and be it further

Resolved, That the Convention encourage the continuing evolution of conciliar modes of discernment in the practice of an authority that relies upon scripture, tradition, and reason as the basis for our discernment of God's will in our lives.