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Resolution Number: 1991-A039
Title: Endorse an Ecumenical Agenda for the Years Ahead
Legislative Action Taken: Concurred
Final Text:

Resolved, That this 70th General Convention endorse the following ecumenical agenda for the Episcopal Church in the years ahead:

  1. That the Standing Commission on Ecumenical Relations sponsor a focused consultation on ecclesiology that will bring together theologians, representatives of other dialogue partners, members of the Faith and Order units of the World Council of Churches and the National Council of the Churches of Christ, and the Episcopal Diocesan Ecumenical Officers.
  2. That the Standing Commission on Ecumenical Relations request an explicit examination of ecclesiology in each of our dialogues and encourage exchange of information and experience among them.
  3. That the Standing Commission on Ecumenical Relations invite the cooperation of the Episcopal Diocesan Ecumenical Officers in challenging and assisting the Church at diocesan and parish levels to test issues of ecclesiology against actual experience and in order that the Church's local life may more intentionally reflect her ecclesiology and that her ecclesiology may be sharpened by her actual experience.
Citation: General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Phoenix, 1991 (New York: General Convention, 1992), p. 798.