| Resolution Number: | 1988-A068 |
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| Title: | Fund a Leadership Training Program Through Representative Networks |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred As Amended |
| Final Text: | |
Resolved, That the Mission Operations Team, in collaboration with national, provincial and diocesan networks and structures, develop and implement a leadership training program based on common criteria in a form which allows for flexibility in meeting the needs of specific congregations; and be it further
Resolved, That funding and technical assistance be provided through the Executive Council budget to these networks for ongoing training and communication; and be it further
Resolved, That special attention be given to making the networks and their leadership truly representative in terms of race, sex, culture, language, and ethnicity.
| Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Detroit, 1988 (New York: General Convention, 1989), p. 229. |
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Legislative History
| Author: | The Executive Council: The Presiding Bishop's Task Force on Christian Education in Congregations |
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| Originating House: | House of Deputies |
| Originating Committee: | Committee on Education |
House of Deputies
Original Text of Resolution:
(A068)
Whereas, one of the most effective ways of implementing an inclusive and empowering model of Christian education is to invest in the current and future leadership of the Church; and
Whereas, every person, ordained and lay, within a congregation is potentially both a leader and a teacher; therefore be it
Resolved, the House of Bishops concurring, That the Mission Operations Team, in collaboration with national, provincial and diocesan networks and structures, develop and implement a leadership training program based on common criteria in a form which allows for flexibility in meeting the needs of specific congregations; and be it further
Resolved, That funding and technical assistance be provided through the Executive Council budget to these networks for ongoing training and communication; and be it further
Resolved, That special attention be given to making the networks and their leadership truly representative in terms of race, gender, culture, language, and ethnicity.
Deputy Waymouth of Maine moved an amendment.
Proposed Amendment:
In the third Resolved:
Change "gender" to "sex."
The Committee accepted the amendment.
The question was called.
Motion carried
Debate terminated
A vote was taken on A068.
Motion carried
Resolution adopted with amendment
(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #131)
House of Bishops
The Committee on Education presented its Report #12 on House of Deputies Message #131 on Resolution A068a (Leadership Training Program) and moved concurrence.
The House concurred
(Communicated to the House of Deputies in HB Message #253)
Resolution Concurred by Both Houses, July 8.
| Report Reference: | Executive Council: The Presiding Bishop's Task Force on Christian Education in Congregations, Reports to the 69th General Convention, 1988, pp. 92-102. |
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| Abstract: | The 69th General Convention directs the Mission Operations Team to implement a leadership training program for congregations. |
| Notes: | During the consideration of Resolution 1988-A066 in the House of Deputies, it was announced that the cost of implementing A066 through A072 was estimated at $900,000 as compared with the $750,000 allotted in the budget. |