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Resolution Number: 2009-A176
Title: Amend Canon III.16.2 [Board for Church Deployment Duties]
Legislative Action Taken: Concurred
Final Text:

Resolved, That Canon III.16.2 be amended to read as follows:

Sec. 2. The duties of the Board shall be:

  • (a) To oversee the Church Development OfficeOffice for Transition Ministry.
  • (b) To provide support for the training of bishops and diocesan personnel in the transition ministry processes.
  • (c) To study the deploymenttransition ministry needs and trends in The Episcopal Church and in other Christian bodies.
  • (d) To issue and distribute such reports and information concerning deploymenttransition ministry as it deems helpful to the Church.
  • (e) To cooperate with the Centers for Mission and the other Boards, Commissions and Agencies which are concerned with transition ministry, and particularly with the Executive Council.
  • (f) To report on its work and the work of the Church Deployment OfficeOffice for Transition Ministry at each regular meeting of the General Convention.
  • (g) To report to the Executive Council at regular intervalsannually as part of its accountability to the Council for the funding which the Church Deployment OfficeOffice for Transition Ministry receives.
  • (h)To work in cooperation with the Church Center Staff.
  • (i) To fulfill other responsibilities assigned to it by the General Convention.
Citation: General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Anaheim, 2009 (New York: General Convention, 2009), p. 798.