| Resolution Number: | 2006-B006 |
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| Title: | Respond to Crisis of Educational Debt for Future Clergy |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred as Amended |
| Final Text: | |
Resolved, That the 75th General Convention mandate that the Standing Commission on Ministry Development design strategies for raising awareness and responding to the crisis of educational debt for those preparing for ordained ministry in the Church; and be it further
Resolved, That the Standing Commission on Ministry Development in consultation with the Church Pension Fund, the Executive Council, the Office of Mission and Ministry, the diocesan Commissions on Ministries, the Office of Ministry Development, and the Society for the Increase of Ministry, shall share their results and recommendations with Proclaiming Education for All (PEALL) following each meeting of the Standing Commission on Ministry Development, annually to the House of Bishops, and to the 76th General Convention.
| Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Columbus, 2006 (New York: General Convention, 2007), pp. 684-685. |
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Legislative History
| Author: | The Rt. Rev. James A. Kelsey (Northern Michigan) |
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| Originating House: | House of Bishops |
| Originating Committee: | Committee on Ministry |
House of Bishops
The House of Bishops Committee on Ministry presented its Report #12 on Resolution B006 (The Educational Debt of Seminarians) and moved adoption with amendment.
Original Text of Resolution:
(B006)
Resolved, the House of Deputies concurring, That the 75th General Convention mandate that the Standing Commission on Ministry Development conduct a concentrated analysis and make recommendations on strategies for raising awareness and responding to the crisis of seminarian debt in light of the demographics of seminary graduates and the financial cost of seminary education; and be it further
Resolved, That the Standing Commission on Ministry Development be directed to share their results and recommendations with Proclaiming Education for All (PEALL) following each meeting of the Standing Commission on Ministry Development, annually to the House of Bishops, and to the 76th General Convention.
Committee Amendment:
Resolved, the House of Deputies concurring, That the 75th General
Convention mandate that the Standing Commission on Ministry Development
conduct a concentrated analysis and make recommendations ondesign strategies for raising awareness and responding to the crisis of
seminarianeducational debt in light of the demographics of seminary
graduates and the financial cost of seminary educationfor those
preparing for ordained ministry in the Church; and be it further
Resolved, That the Standing Commission on Ministry Development
be directed to share their resultsin consultation with the
Church Pension Fund, the Executive Council, the Office of Mission and Ministry,
the diocesan Commissions on Ministries, the Office of Ministry Development, and
the Society for the Increase of Ministry, shall share their results and
recommendations with Proclaiming Education for All (PEALL) following each
meeting of the Standing Commission on Ministry Development, annually to the
House of Bishops, and to the 76th General Convention.
Motion carried
Resolution adopted with amendment
(Communicated to the House of Deputies in HB Message #121)
House of Deputies
The House of Deputies Committee on Ministry presented its Report #9 on HB Message #121 on Resolution B006 (The Educational Debt of Seminarians) and moved concurrence.
The House concurred
(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #130)
Resolution Concurred by Both Houses, June 21.
| Abstract: | The 75th General Convention mandates the Standing Commission on Ministry Development design strategies for raising awareness and responding to the crisis of educational debt for future clergy. |
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