| Resolution Number: | 2000-D022 |
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| Title: | Support the UN's "Decade for a Culture of Peace and Nonviolence" |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred as Amended |
| Final Text: | |
Resolved, That the Episcopal Church promote a culture of nonviolence which values love, compassion, and justice, and rejects violence as a means of solving problems, and joins with other faith communities in observing the United Nations' Decade for a Culture of Peace and Nonviolence for the World (2001-2010) by prayer, action, and study of "the things that make for peace;" (Luke 19:42); and be it further
Resolved, That the Episcopal Church at national, provincial, diocesan, and congregational levels, with the assistance of Church staff and peace, justice, and education networks, provide worship, study, and action resources and opportunities throughout the Decade which promote the development of a culture of peace and nonviolence at all levels of society, with special attention to the unique gifts for peace and justice of the faith community in its history, theology, and practice; and be it further
Resolved, That the Secretary of General Convention send this resolution with letters of encouragement in their work for peace and justice to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, the General Secretary of the World Council of Churches, the President of the United States, and Episcopal Members of Congress.
| Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Denver, 2000 (New York: General Convention, 2001), p. 653. |
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Legislative History
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| Originating House: | House of Bishops |
| Originating Committee: | Committee on Social and Urban Affairs |
House of Bishops
Original Text of Resolution:
(D022)
Resolved, the House of Deputies concurring, That the Episcopal Church join with other faith communities in observing the United Nations' Decade for a Culture of Peace and Nonviolence for the World (2001-2010) by prayer, action, and study of "the things that make for peace" (Luke 19:42); and be it further
Resolved, That the Episcopal Church join with the World Council of Churches' "Decade to Overcome Violence: Church Seeking Reconciliation and Peace (2001-2010)"; and be it further
Resolved, That the Episcopal Church at national, diocesan, and parish levels, with the assistance of Church staff and peace, justice, and education networks, provide for worship, study, and action resources and opportunities throughout the Decade which promote the development of a culture of peace and nonviolence at all levels of society, with special attention to the unique gifts for peace and justice of the faith community in its history, theology, and practice; and be it further
Resolved, That the Secretary of General Convention send this resolution with letters of encouragement in their work for peace and justice to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, the General Secretary of the World Council of Churches, the President of the United States, and Episcopal Members of Congress.
Committee Amendment:
Resolved, the House of Deputies concurring, That the Episcopal Church promote a culture of non-violence which values love, compassion, and justice, and rejects violence as a means of solving problems and join with other faith communities in observing the United Nations' Decade for a Culture of Peace and Nonviolence for the World (2001-2010) by prayer, action and study of "the things that make for peace" (Luke 19:42); and be it further
Resolved, That the Episcopal Church at national, provincial, diocesan, and parish congregational levels, with the assistance of Church staff and peace, justice, and education networks, provide worship, study, and action resources and opportunities throughout the Decade which promote the development of a culture of peace and nonviolence at all levels of society, with special attention to the unique gifts for peace and justice of the faith community in its history, theology and practice; and be it further
Resolved, That the Secretary of General Convention send this resolution with letters of encouragement in their work for peace and justice to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, the General Secretary of the World Council of Churches, the President of the United States and Episcopal Members of Congress.
Motion carried
Resolution adopted with amendment
(Communicated to the House of Deputies in HB Message #208)
House of Deputies
The House of Deputies Committee on Social and Urban Affairs presented its Report #27 on HB Message #208 on Resolution D022 (Support Decade for a Culture of Nonviolence) and moved concurrence.
The House concurred
(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #242)
Resolution Concurred by Both Houses, July 14.
| Abstract: | The 73rd General Convention calls for the promotion of a culture of nonviolence and the observance of the UN's "Decade for a Culture of Peace and Nonviolence." |
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