| Resolution Number: | 1988-A069 |
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| Title: | Fund a Research Project on Ministers As Educators |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred |
| Final Text: | |
Resolved, That the Executive Council provide the Mission Operations Team with funding to develop an action research project to study the identity, attitudes, and functions of ministers (lay and ordained) as educators; and be it further
Resolved, That the findings of this action research, through the Mission Operations Team, be disseminated, discussed, and evaluated in provincial, diocesan, and congregational settings to cultivate an awareness of leaders as educators.
| 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:
(A069)
Whereas, a major concern identified by the task force revolved around the ways in which those who minister in the Church, ordained and lay, understand themselves and their roles and how they function as educators; and
Whereas, bishops who perceive and exercise specific roles as educators affect educational ministry in local congregations; and
Whereas, every act of ministry in the congregation, whatever its primary intent, has an educational impact; therefore be it
Resolved, the House of Bishops concurring, That the Executive Council provide the Mission Operations Team with funding to develop an action research project to study the identity, attitudes, and functions of ministers (lay and ordained) as educators; and be it further
Resolved, That the findings of this action research, through the Mission Operations Team, be disseminated, discussed, and evaluated in provincial, diocesan, and congregational settings to cultivate an awareness of leaders as educators.
Debate followed.
Deputy Daily of Western North Carolina moved an amendment.
Proposed Amendment:
In the first Resolved, third line:
strike the words "functions of ministers (lay or ordained) as educators" and insert the words "desires of churches concerning their educational needs."
Motion defeated
Amendment defeated
The question was called.
Motion carried
Debate terminated
A vote was taken on A069.
Motion carried
Resolution adopted
(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #132)
House of Bishops
The Committee on Education presented its Report #11 on House of Deputies Message #132 on Resolution A069 (Action and Research Project) and moved concurrence.
The House concurred
(Communicated to the House of Deputies in HB Message #254)
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 asks that the Mission Operations Team be funded to study the identity, attitudes, and functions of ministers (lay and ordained) as educators. |
| 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. |