| Resolution Number: | 2018-A053 |
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| Title: | Simplify and Improve Usability of Parochial Report |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred as Amended |
| Final Text: | |
Resolved, That the 79th General Convention charge the House of Deputies Committee on the State of the Church to work with the Office of the General Convention and Executive Council to design a simplified parochial report relevant to the diversity of The Episcopal Church’s participation in God’s mission in the world; and be it further
Resolved, That the House of Deputies Committee on the State of the Church solicit input from critical parochial report stakeholders including: (1) data providers to ensure that the data is easily collected and compiled and (2) data users to ensure that the data collected is relevant to their work; and be it further
Resolved, That the user interface be improved both for entering data and downloading data and to provide an application programming interface to allow data to be integrated into other networked tools for broader sharing and analysis.
| Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Austin, 2018 (New York: General Convention, 2018), p. 362. |
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Legislative History
| Author: | House of Deputies Committee on the State of the Church |
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| Originating House: | House of Bishops |
| Originating Committee: | Congregational and Diocesan Vitality |
House of Bishops
The House of Bishops Committee on Congregational and Diocesan Vitality presented its Report #5 on Resolution A053 (Design a New Parochial Report) and moved adoption with amendment.
Original Text of Resolution:
(A053)
Resolved, the House of Deputies concurring, That the 79th General Convention charge the House of Deputies Committee on the State of the Church to work with the Office of the General Convention and Executive Council to design a new parochial report appropriate to the current context of the Episcopal Church including but not exclusive to multicultural congregations; aging populations; outposts of ministry in challenging economic contexts; and creative use of space and local engagement, to be administered and shared in networked, visible tools such as the Episcopal Asset Map.
Committee Amendment:
Resolved, the House of Deputies concurring, That the 79th General
Convention charge the House of Deputies Committee on the State of the Church to
work with the Office of the General Convention and Executive Council to design
a new parochial report appropriate to the current context of the
Episcopal Church including but not exclusive to multicultural congregations;
aging populations; outposts of ministry in challenging economic contexts; and
creative use of space and local engagement, to be administered and shared in
networked, visible tools such as the Episcopal Asset Map.
simplified parochial report relevant to the diversity of the
Episcopal Church’s participation in God’s mission in the world, and be it
further
Resolved, that the House of Deputies Committee on the State of the Church solicit input from critical parochial report stakeholders including: (1) data providers to ensure that the data is easily collected and compiled and (2) data users to ensure that the data collected is relevant to their work, and be it further
Resolved, that the user interface be improved both for entering data and downloading data and to provide an application programming interface to allow data to be integrated into other networked tools for broader sharing and analysis.
Motion carried
Resolution adopted with amendment
(Communicated to the House of Deputies in HB Message #86)
House of Deputies
The House of Deputies Committee on Congregational and Diocesan Vitality presented its Report #2 on HB Message #86 on Resolution A053 (Design a New Parochial Report) and moved concurrence.
Motion carried
The House concurred
(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #190)
Resolution Concurred by Both Houses, July 10.
| Report Reference: | House of Deputies Committee on the State of the Church, Reports to the 79th General Convention, 2018, pp. 555-572. |
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| Abstract: | The 79th General Convention charges the Committee on the State of the Church to redesign the parochial report that is relevant to the diversity of the church, responsive to data providers and data users, and designed for data export and integration with other networked tools. |