The Acts of Convention

Resolved, That the 77th General Convention direct the Executive Council to prepare and the Program, Budget and Finance Committee of General Convention to present a budget to the 78th General Convention in which Diocesan Commitments for funding the budget are set at a rate no higher than 15% for each year of the triennium (2016-2018); and be it further

Resolved, That the member dioceses of this Church commit to pay the full asking percentage as established by the budget approved by the 77th General Convention for the coming triennium (2013-2015) if their financial circumstances so permit; and be it further

Resolved, That the member dioceses of this Church commit to paying the full asking in the 2016-2018 triennium so long as that asking is no higher than 15% for each year of the triennium, with the expectation that the minimum commitment from each and every diocese of this Church shall be at the asked level no later than 2016; and be it further

Resolved, That those dioceses unable to make the minimum commitment by 2016 submit a hardship waiver request to Executive Council for review; and be it further

Resolved, That the Executive Council has authority to grant such a hardship waiver as necessary and when accompanied by an action plan appropriate to the circumstances of the diocese seeking the hardship waiver that will work toward full participation in the covenanted asking commitment by a set date.