| Resolution Number: | 2006-C036 | |
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| Title: | Convene Task Force to Review the General Ordination Examinations (GOE) | |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred as Amended | |
| Final Text: | ||
Resolved, That the 75th General Convention request the Standing Commission on Ministry Development (SCMD), in consultation with the Presiding Bishop, to convene a task force to review the purpose of the General Ordination Examinations (GOE), including how the examinations are constructed, administered, evaluated, and scored, with attention to cultural bias and diverse ministry contexts. This task force will also seek to determine whether the examinations and the examination process meet the needs of the church today; and be it further
Resolved, That this task force solicit information from the General Board of Examining Chaplains (GBEC), the seminaries, diocesan Commissions on Ministry (COMs), diocesan ordination programs, and the House of Bishops, among other appropriate entities; and be it further
Resolved, That this task force report its findings to the Standing Commission on Ministry Development which will report to the 76th General Convention.
| Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Columbus, 2006 (New York: General Convention, 2007), pp. 512-513. |
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