| Resolution Number: | 2022-D030 |
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| Title: | Develop Resources and Training to Support Diverse Gender Expression |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred |
| Final Text: | |
Resolved, That the 80th General Convention of the Episcopal Church direct the Church Center to develop multilingual, multicultural churchwide resources to support our dioceses, provinces, churchwide leaders, and congregations in living into our commitments to welcome and support people and communities of diverse genders, including transgender and non-binary, based on the following needs:
- To affirm and support transgender and non-binary people already in our congregations, including in lay and ordained leadership;
- To provide spiritual and practical support to persons who are discerning their gender or are in the process of transitioning, and their families;
- To support congregations and dioceses in becoming welcoming and affirming of people of diverse genders, with resources and training materials that are theologically and scripturally grounded, culturally and linguistically accessible to our diverse congregations, and include voices and stories of transgender and non-binary people and their families;
- To support congregations in their community outreach and advocacy work in solidarity with transgender and non-binary people in our wider communities, as called for in General Convention resolution 2009-D012;
- To have resources that can be used in a variety of settings and formats, including diocesan, provincial, and congregational trainings, seasonal education programs for congregations, search committee and vestry trainings, pastoral conversations with individuals and families, and development or augmentation of liturgical resources to support times of discernment, occasions such as taking a new name, and congregational expressions of commitment to welcome and affirmation.
And be it further
Resolved, That the Church Center offer trainings on these resources, once they are developed, that are made widely available (such as via online webinars) for diocesan, provincial, churchwide, and congregational leaders; and be it further
Resolved, That the General Convention request the Joint Standing Committee on Program, Budget and Finance to consider a budget allocation of $50,000 for the implementation of this resolution.
| Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Baltimore, 2022 (New York: General Convention, 2023), pp. 869-870. |
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Legislative History
| Author: | The Rev. Dr. Cameron Partridge |
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| Originating House: | House of Deputies |
| Originating Committee: | Christian Formation and Discipleship |
House of Deputies
The House of Deputies Committee on Christian Formation and Discipleship presented its Report #7 on Resolution D030 (Develop Resources and Training for Welcoming and Supporting Transgender and Non-Binary Persons and Families) and moved adoption.
Original Text of Resolution:
(D030)
Resolved, the House of Bishops concurring,
That the 80th General Convention of the Episcopal Church direct the Church Center to develop multilingual, multicultural churchwide resources to support our dioceses, provinces, churchwide leaders, and congregations in living into our commitments to welcome and support people and communities of diverse genders, including transgender and non-binary, based on the following needs:
- To affirm and support transgender and non-binary people already in our congregations, including in lay and ordained leadership;
- To provide spiritual and practical support to persons who are discerning their gender or are in the process of transitioning, and their families;
- To support congregations and dioceses in becoming welcoming and affirming of people of diverse genders, with resources and training materials that are theologically and scripturally grounded, culturally and linguistically accessible to our diverse congregations, and include voices and stories of transgender and non-binary people and their families;
- To support congregations in their community outreach and advocacy work in solidarity with transgender and non-binary people in our wider communities, as called for in General Convention resolution 2009-D012;
- To have resources that can be used in a variety of settings and formats, including diocesan, provincial, and congregational trainings, seasonal education programs for congregations, search committee and vestry trainings, pastoral conversations with individuals and families, and development or augmentation of liturgical resources to support times of discernment, occasions such as taking a new name, and congregational expressions of commitment to welcome and affirmation; and be it further
Resolved, That the Church Center offer trainings on these resources, once they are developed, that are made widely available (such as via online webinars) for diocesan, provincial, churchwide, and congregational leaders; and be it further
Resolved, That the General Convention request the Joint Standing Committee on Program, Budget and Finance to consider a budget allocation of $50,000 for the implementation of this resolution.
Motion carried
Resolution adopted
(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #96)
House of Bishops
The House of Bishops Committee on Christian Formation and Discipleship presented its Report #27 on HD Message #96 on Resolution D030 (Develop Resources and Training for Welcoming and Supporting Transgender and Non-Binary Persons and Families) and moved concurrence.
Motion carried
The House concurred
(Communicated to the House of Deputies in HB Message #372)
Resolution Concurred by Both Houses, July 10.
| Abstract: | The 80th General Convention directs the Church Center to develop multilingual, multicultural resources to support dioceses, provinces, and congregations in welcoming people and communities of diverse genders as well as offer training on these resources. |
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| Notes: | Many resolutions concurred by the House of Bishops on Day 3 resulted in two messages being sent to the House of Deputies. The Acts of Convention followed the Journal Editor’s lead in using the second message number as the official message. House of Bishops Message #372 was preceded by House of Bishops Message #306. |