| Resolution Number: | 1988-D165 |
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| Title: | Urge Each Household to Make a Financial Pledge |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred As Substituted |
| Final Text: | |
Resolved, That this 69th General Convention urge each household to participate in the mission of the Church by making a financial pledge through their congregation.
| Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Detroit, 1988 (New York: General Convention, 1989), p. 685. |
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Legislative History
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| Originating House: | House of Bishops |
| Originating Committee: | Committee on Stewardship and Development |
House of Bishops
Original Text of Resolution:
(D165)
Resolved, the House of Deputies concurring, That this 69th General Convention urge the Standing Commission on Stewardship and Development to assist the Stewardship Officer of the National Church to work through his counterparts to encourage each household to participate in the mission of the church by making a financial pledge through their congregation.
Proposed Committee Substitute:
Resolved, the House of Deputies concurring, That this 69th General Convention urge each household to participate in the mission of the Church by making a financial pledge through their congregation. (1987 statistics indicate only 56.5% of households pledged.)
Motion carried
Substitute resolution adopted
(Communicated to the House of Deputies in HB Message #283)
House of Deputies
The Committee on Stewardship and Development presented its Report #17 on House of Bishops Message #283 relating to Resolution D165s (Household pledge) and moved concurrence.
The House concurred
(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #324)
Resolution Concurred by Both Houses, July 11.
| Abstract: | The 69th General Convention urges each household to make a financial pledge to the Church through its congregation. |
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