Full Legislative History
Resolution Number: 2000-C033
Title: Review Roles of Vocational Deacons in Church Councils
Legislative Action Taken: Concurred as Substituted
Final Text:

Resolved, That the 73rd General Convention request the Standing Commission on Ministry Development in collaboration with the North American Association for the Diaconate to review the current role of deacons in the councils of the Church in the dioceses and congregations of ECUSA including, but not limited to, the participation of deacons in such councils at those levels; and be it further

Resolved, That the Standing Commission on Ministry Development report its findings to the 74th General Convention.

Citation: General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Denver, 2000 (New York: General Convention, 2001), p. 645.