| Resolution Number: | 1976-A064 |
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| Title: | Investigate Racial Inequities in Clergy Deployment Practices |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred |
| Final Text: | |
Resolved, That the Clergy Deployment Office Board be requested to investigate its procedures of clergy deployment, to determine if there exist any racial inequities in clergy placement; and be it further
Resolved, That Provinces, Dioceses, Parishes and other church agencies be urged to review their own employment practices to determine if there exist any racial inequities; and be it further
Resolved, That staff time and budget in the Section on Ministry in Executive Council be allocated to help the whole Church deal with this problem during the next triennium.
| Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Minneapolis 1976 (New York: General Convention, 1977), p. C-72. |
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Legislative History
| Author: | The Standing Commission on the Church in Small Communities |
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| Originating House: | House of Bishops |
| Originating Committee: | Committee on Education |
House of Bishops
On the Ninth Day, the Bishop of Chicago moved Resolution (A-64) on Equal Opportunities:
Original Text of Resolution:
(A064)
Whereas, the problem of racial equality perennially surrounds the employment of all persons; and
Whereas the Church should be rigorous in its monitoring of placement practices, with special attention directed against racial inequities. Therefore, be it
Resolved, the House of Deputies concurring, that the Clergy Deployment Office Board be requested to investigate its procedures of clergy deployment, to determine if there exist any racial inequities in clergy placement; and be it further
Resolved, that Provinces, Dioceses, Parishes and other church agencies be urged to review their own employment practices to determine if there exist any racial inequities; and be it further
Resolved, that staff time and budget in the Section on Ministry in Executive Council be allocated to help the whole Church deal with this problem during the next triennium.
Resolution adopted
(Communicated to the House of Deputies in HB Message #153)
House of Deputies
On the Tenth Day, the Secretary read Message #153 from the House of Bishops.
The House concurred
(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #139)
| Report Reference: | Joint Commission on the Church in Small Communities, Reports to the 65th General Convention, 1976, pp. AA-140-AA-150. |
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| Abstract: | The 65th General Convention requests the Clergy Deployment Board determine if there are racial inequities in clergy placement and urges other church entities to determine if racial inequities exist in their employment practices. |