| Resolution Number: | 2018-D069 |
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| Title: | Collect Data on LGBT Clergy Deployment and Compensation |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred as Amended |
| Final Text: | |
Resolved, That the 79th General Convention of the Episcopal Church direct the Office for Transition Ministry, in consultation with the Church Pension Fund, dioceses, seminaries, and other appropriate agencies to gather data periodically using surveys and other mechanisms about: 1) the numbers of clergy who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, and/or transgender or gender nonbinary; 2) the deployment of such self-identified clergy, including whether their positions are part time, full time, or non-stipendiary; 3) their compensation, and 4) to broadly disseminate the report by electronic and other means.
| Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Austin, 2018 (New York: General Convention, 2018), p. 674. |
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Legislative History
| Author: | The Rev. Vanessa Stickler Glass |
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| Originating House: | House of Bishops |
| Originating Committee: | Ministry |
House of Bishops
The House of Bishops Committee on Ministry presented its Report #28 on Resolution D069 (Gather Annual Deployment and Compensation Data for LGBT and Gender Nonbinary Clergy) and moved adoption with amendment.
Original Text of Resolution:
(D069)
Resolved, the House of Deputies concurring, That the 79th General Convention of the Episcopal Church direct the Office for Transition Ministry, in consultation with the Church Pension Fund, dioceses, and other appropriate agencies to gather data annually about: 1) the numbers of clergy who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, and/or transgender or gender nonbinary; 2) the deployment of such self-identified clergy, including whether their positions are part time, full time, or non-stipendiary; 3) their compensation, and 4) to broadly disseminate the report by electronic and other means on an annual basis.
Committee Amendment:
Resolved, the House of Deputies concurring, That the 79th General
Convention of the Episcopal Church direct the Office for Transition Ministry,
in consultation with the Church Pension Fund, dioceses, seminaries, and
other appropriate agencies to gather data periodically using surveys and
other mechanisms annually about: 1) the numbers of clergy
who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, and/or transgender or gender nonbinary;
2) the deployment of such self-identified clergy, including whether their
positions are part time, full time, or non-stipendiary; 3) their compensation,
and 4) to broadly disseminate the report by electronic and other means
on an annual basis.
Motion carried
Resolution adopted with amendment
(Communicated to the House of Deputies in HB Message #276)
House of Deputies
The House of Deputies Committee on Ministry presented its Report #22 on HB Message #276 on Resolution D069 (Gather Annual Deployment and Compensation Data for LGBT and Gender Nonbinary Clergy) and moved concurrence.
Motion carried
The House concurred
(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #388)
Resolution Concurred by Both Houses, July 13.
| Abstract: | The 79th General Convention directs the periodic gathering and dissemination of data identifying the numbers, deployment, and compensation of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and nonbinary clergy in the Episcopal Church. |
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