C056 HD Committee #04 Report #35
House of Deputies Committee 04 - Governance & Structure presents its Report #35 on Resolution C056 (Create a Task Force on Full Inclusion) and moves:
Refer to an Interim Body
Resolved, the House of Bishops concurring,
That the 79th General Convention of the Episcopal Church affirms full inclusion of all members of the Episcopal Church to be an important focus of the work of this Church and our General Convention; and be it further
Resolved, That our commitment to full inclusion be reflected in our policies and in our allocation of the financial resources of our Church; and be it further
Resolved, That the Presiding Officers appoint a Task Force, to be known as the Task Force on Full Inclusion and comprised of members of the Executive Council and others, to examine those areas of our life together as a church, especially in the Diocesan delegations to General Convention which are consistently less than four clerical and lay Deputies as permitted by the Canons, where full inclusion is still only a goal, not a reality, especially for the people and Dioceses of Province IX, and to make appropriate recommendations for action by the General Convention; and be it further
Resolved, That the Task Force on Full Inclusion shall present its report to the 80th General Convention.