Full Legislative History
Resolution Number: 1976-A064
Title: Investigate Racial Inequities in Clergy Deployment Practices
Legislative Action Taken: Concurred
Final Text:

Resolved, That the Clergy Deployment Office Board be requested to investigate its procedures of clergy deployment, to determine if there exist any racial inequities in clergy placement; and be it further

Resolved, That Provinces, Dioceses, Parishes and other church agencies be urged to review their own employment practices to determine if there exist any racial inequities; and be it further

Resolved, That staff time and budget in the Section on Ministry in Executive Council be allocated to help the whole Church deal with this problem during the next triennium.

Citation: General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Minneapolis 1976 (New York: General Convention, 1977), p. C-72.