Full Legislative History
Resolution Number: 2009-A106
Title: Commend the Society for the Increase of Ministry Plan on Educational Debt
Legislative Action Taken: Concurred as Amended
Final Text:

Resolved, That the 76th General Convention recognize the crisis of educational debt for those preparing for ordained ministry in the Church; and be it further

Resolved, That the Society for the Increase of the Ministry be commended for developing a three-phase, comprehensive plan to limit, manage and help ordinands successfully repay accumulated educational debt; and be it further

Resolved, That the Standing Commission on Ministry Development, in consultation and coordination with the Society for the Increase of the Ministry and the Episcopal Church Center, disseminate information about the Society for the Increase of the Ministry’s plan to limit, manage and help ordinands successfully repay accumulated educational debt to all diocesan Bishops and diocesan Commissions on Ministry.

Citation: General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Anaheim, 2009 (New York: General Convention, 2009), p. 716.