Resolution Number: | 1988-A165 |
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Title: | Commend the Stewardship Survey and Report on Tithing |
Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred |
Final Text: |
Resolved, That the portion of the 1988 report of the Standing Commission on Stewardship and Development entitled "1987 Tithing Survey" be circulated as broadly as possible throughout the Church and that it be commended as a model for discussion and action in the various dioceses of the Church. Each diocese is encouraged to conduct a similar survey of its leadership.
Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Detroit, 1988 (New York: General Convention, 1989), p. 208. |
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Legislative History
Author: | The Standing Commission on Stewardship and Development |
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Originating House: | House of Deputies |
Originating Committee: | Committee on Stewardship and Development |
House of Deputies
Original Text of Resolution:
(A165)
Resolved, the House of Bishops concurring, That the portion of the 1988 report of the Standing Commission on Stewardship and Development entitled "1987 Tithing Survey" be circulated as broadly as possible throughout the Church and that it be commended as a model for discussion and action in the various dioceses of the Church. Each diocese is encouraged to conduct a similar survey of its leadership.
Motion carried
Resolution adopted
(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #81)
House of Bishops
The Committee on Stewardship and Development presented its Report #3 on House of Deputies Message #81 on Resolution A165 (1987 Tithing Survey) and moved concurrence.
The House concurred
(Communicated to the House of Deputies in HB Message #208)
Resolution Concurred by Both Houses, July 7.
Report Reference: | Standing Commission on Stewardship and Development, Reports to the 69th General Convention, 1988, pp. 390-400. |
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Abstract: | The 69th General Convention commends the 1987 Tithing Survey and asks that it be circulated as a model for discussion and action. |