| Resolution Number: | 1985-D140 |
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| Title: | Encourage Congregations to Accept the Practice of Giving to Others |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred As Amended |
| Final Text: | |
Resolved, That this 68th General Convention encourage the acceptance by congregations and dioceses of the practice of giving to others as much as we spend on ourselves.
| Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Anaheim, 1985 (New York: General Convention, 1986), p. 253. |
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Legislative History
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| Originating House: | House of Deputies |
| Originating Committee: | Committee on Church Support |
House of Deputies
Original Text of Resolution:
(D140)
Resolved, the House of Bishops concurring, That this 68th General Convention encourage the acceptance by congregations and dioceses of the principle of spending as much on others as on ourselves.
Proposed Committee Amendment:
Resolved, the House of Bishops concurring, That this 68th General Convention encourage the acceptance by congregations and dioceses of the principle of spending as much on others as practice of giving to others as much as we spend on ourselves.
Motion carried
Resolution adopted
(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #159)
House of Bishops
The following message was received from the House of Deputies:
HD Message #159: D140 Amended (Giving Outside of Parish and Diocese).
The House concurred
(Communicated to the House of Deputies in HB Message #224)
Resolution Concurred by Both Houses, September 13.
| Abstract: | The 68th General Convention encourages congregations and dioceses to accept the practice of giving to others as much as they spend on themselves. |
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