| Resolution Number: | 2009-C080 |
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| Title: | Direct Assistance for Dioceses to Develop Programs in Baptized Ministry |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred |
| Final Text: | |
Resolved, That the 76th General Convention call upon the Executive Council, provinces, dioceses and congregations to promote and develop the discernment that all of daily life and work is ministry, calling for the intentional exercise of the Baptismal Covenant promises in all sectors of public as well as private life; and be it further
Resolved, That, as mandated in Canons III.1 and 2, Executive Council urge and assist diocesan Commissions on Ministry to promote and develop programs that will engage baptized persons in ministry discernment, and support congregations in providing processes for such discernment in community; and be it further
Resolved, That the Office of Lay Leadership and Ministry Development and the Standing Commission on Ministry Development be directed to assist provinces and dioceses in concrete ways that support the full realization of the ministries of the baptized, both on Sunday and beyond, so that parishes may serve as ministry development “base camps” for all who seek to live their faith in every part of daily life.
| Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Anaheim, 2009 (New York: General Convention, 2009), p. 713. |
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Legislative History
| Author: | Province VI |
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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 #20 on Resolution C080 (Lay Leadership and Ministry Development) and moved adoption.
Original Text of Resolution:
(C080)
Resolved, the House of Deputies concurring, That the 76th General Convention call upon the Executive Council, provinces, dioceses and congregations to promote and develop the discernment that all of daily life and work is ministry, calling for the intentional exercise of the Baptismal Covenant promises in all sectors of public as well as private life; and be it further
Resolved, That, as mandated in Canons III.1 and 2, Executive Council urge and assist diocesan Commissions on Ministry to promote and develop programs that will engage baptized persons in ministry discernment and support congregations in providing processes for such discernment in community; and be it further
Resolved, That the Office of Lay Leadership and Ministry Development and the Standing Commission on Ministry Development be directed to assist provinces and dioceses in concrete ways that support the full realization of the ministries of the baptized, both on Sunday and beyond, so that parishes may serve as ministry development “base camps” for all who seek to live their faith in every part of daily life.
Motion carried
Resolution adopted
(Communicated to the House of Deputies in HB Message #90)
House of Deputies
The House of Deputies Committee on Ministry presented its Report #8 on Resolution C080 (Lay Leadership and Ministry Development) and moved concurrence.
The House concurred
(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #240)
Resolution Concurred by Both Houses, July 16.
| Abstract: | The 76th General Convention directs bodies of the Church to assist in concrete ways the full realization of the ministries of the baptized, both on Sunday and in daily life and work. |
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| Notes: | Resolution 2009-D028 was discharged because the matter was already acted upon in 2009-C080. |