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Resolution Number: 1991-A178
Title: Encourage the Use of Parochial Reports in Mission Planning and Development
Legislative Action Taken: Concurred
Final Text:

Resolved, That the 70th General Convention call upon the Executive Council to:

  1. encourage the Presiding Bishop and his staff to use the Parochial and Diocesan Reports as planning and development tools, including developing a mechanism to assist users of these reports in their planning and development tasks;
  2. include in its report to the General Convention an analysis with interpretive comments on the information contained in the Parochial and Diocesan Reports and their implications for mission planning and mission development;
  3. continue to review the Parochial and Diocesan Reports for indications of the need for future revisions, to assure that these reports are the most effective measuring tools available to the Church.
Citation: General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Phoenix, 1991 (New York: General Convention, 1992), p. 644.