Resolution Number: 2000-C030
Title: Adopt NCC Statement on Disabilities
Legislative Action Taken: Concurred
Final Text:

Resolved, That the 73rd General Convention adopt the "National Council of Churches Policy Statement on Disabilities, the Body of Christ, and the Wholeness of Society"; and be it further

Resolved, That every diocese study this document and implement its points in their life.

Citation: General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Denver, 2000 (New York: General Convention, 2001), p. 670.

Legislative History

Author:
Originating House: House of Bishops
Originating Committee: Committee on Education

House of Bishops

Original Text of Resolution:

(C030)

Resolved, the House of Deputies concurring, That the 73rd General Convention adopt the "National Council of Churches Policy Statement on Disabilities, the Body of Christ, and the Wholeness of Society"; and be it further

Resolved, That every diocese study this document and implement its points in their life.

Motion carried

Resolution adopted

(Communicated to the House of Deputies in HB Message #25)

House of Deputies

The House of Deputies Committee on Education presented its Report #10 on HB Message #25 on Resolution C030 (Adopt "National Council of Churches Policy Statement on Disabilities, the Body of Christ, and the Wholeness of Society") and moved concurrence.

The House concurred

(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #223)

Resolution Concurred by Both Houses, July 14.

Abstract:   The 73rd General Convention adopts the NCC statement on disabilities.