Resolves of the Executive Council

Resolved, That this Executive Council, meeting in Guatemala City, following the visits of its members to the dioceses of the Church in the Caribbean and Latin America, affirm and record its intention to:

1. Approve and encourage the Churches in these regions in their efforts toward autonomy in self-government and economic self-sustenance;
2. Recognize that the Church in the United States has mutual responsibility for this process of regional autonomy, requiring long term commitment in both financial and human dimensions;
3. Acknowledge that the success of the autonomy process will depend on flexibility and sensitivity to the needs of and conditions in each individual diocese;
4. Communicate to the wider Church an understanding of the autonomy process as the fruition of the missionary emphasis of the American Church for nearly a century, thereby giving thanks for the work and witness of so many in Province IX;
5. Request the Secretary of the Executive Council to send a copy of this Resolution to the Bishop of each diocese visited by Council members in conjunction with this meeting; and be it further
   

Resolved, That this Executive Council propose to the 69th General Convention the revision and renewal, in ways relevant to the 1990s, of its policy of assisting and supporting all dioceses seeking autonomy in the attainment of their goals.