The Acts of Convention

Resolved, That this 66th General Convention of the Episcopal Church hereby recognize the Consultation on Church Union as the principal place in which Episcopalians are called upon and enabled to engage in serious dialogue with the nine constituent Church bodies, both predominantly black and predominantly white, which make up such an important segment of our pluralistic American scene; and be it further

Resolved, That this 66th General Convention receive with thanks the first six chapters of the document, In Quest of a Church of Christ Uniting, dealing with such issues as the nature of Christian unity, the Church as Reformed, Evangelical and Catholic, Church membership, Scripture, Tradition, Creeds, and Worship, including the sacraments of Baptism and the Lord's Supper, and commend these chapters to the theological schools, diocesan ecumenical commissions and selected parishes for a two-year study, asking the Standing Commission on Ecumenical Relations to receive and collate reports from these groups and present to the General Convention of 1982 a proposed official response from this Church to the Consultation on Church Union.