Legislation for discussion within the World Missions Committee

At General Convention I will be following the business of the World Missions Legislative Committee. Below is a list of the resolutions that will be discussed by World Missions Committee; the House of Initial Action for each resolution is the House of Deputies.

A039 International Relations: Wall Around Palestine

A124 Structure Foreign Lands Task Force

A125 Bishops Anglican Communion Task Force

A128 Missionaries Funding Missionaries

A129 Bishops Mission Orientation in the New Bishop's Conference

A130 Covenant with Brazil

A131 Covenant Committee Gathering

A132 Covenant Committee Reporting

A133 Canons Amend Canon I.1.2(n)(11)

A134 Missionaries Mission Partners

A136 World Mission EPGM Funding

A189 Anglican Communion Mission Cooperation in the Americas

A190 Covenant Commendation of The Episcopal Church in the Philippines

C001 Canons Adding Gender Identity to Canons

C007 Ordination Process Consent to Episcopal Elections

C010 Consecration of Bishops Repeal of GC2006 B033

C015 Consecration of Bishops Consent to Episcopal Elections

C024 Ordination Process Consent to Episcopal Elections

C033 Ordination Process Affirming the Canonical Process

C036 Consecration of Bishops Repeal of GC2006 B033

C039 Consecration of Bishops Reaffirmation of Conformity to Canon III.1.2

C045 Liturgy Inclusion of All Persons in Life of Church

C046 Canons Amend Canon III.1.3

C053 Mission Strategy Continuing Support for MDG's

C054 Consecration of Bishops Regarding GC 2006 B033

C061 Canons Amend Title III.1.2

D007 Peace Sudan Peace and TEC Partnership

D013 Anglican Communion Ministry and Witness

D020 Covenant Provincial Acceptance of Anglican Covenant

D021 Equality Baptized Entitled to All Sacraments

D022 Equality Consecration of Qualified Candidates

D025 Anglican Communion Commitment and Witness to Anglican Communion

I will post more information on each of these resolutions shortly. At this time, however, notice that two of the resolutions deal explicitly with the repeal of Resolution B033 from the 2006 General Convention. Resolution B033 reads:

Title: On Election of Bishops

Topic: Bishops

Committee: Special Legislative Committee

House of Initial Action: Bishops

Proposer: The Rt. Rev. Dorsey F. Henderson Jr. (Upper South Carolina)

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Resolved, That the 75^th General Convention receive and embrace The Windsor Report’s invitation to engage in a process of healing and reconciliation; and be it further
Resolved, That this Convention therefore call upon Standing Committees and bishops with jurisdiction to exercise restraint by not consenting to the consecration of any candidate to the episcopate whose manner of life presents a challenge to the wider church and will lead to further strains on communion.

I will be prayerfully considering how to vote on the resolutions that concern the repeal of B033. While the consensus of Lexington's deputation, and that of many respondents to online Deputy Forums (official and unofficial), and the language of the organization Integrity has been to "move past B033," I have yet to discern what that means for me, and how I will vote.

Many of the other resolutions that I will follow in the World Missions Committee concern human rights issues, Millennium Development Goals, Canon III.1.2, addition of gender identity to the canons, and the inclusion of all of the baptized in all the sacraments of the church (which I wholly support - so what to do with B033?).

To read the full text of these resolutions, visit http://gc2009.org/ViewLegislation/view_Legislation.aspx.