Resolved,
the House of Deputies concurring, That the 75th
General Convention of the Episcopal Church, as a demonstration of our
commitment to mutual responsibility and interdependence in the Anglican
Communion, support the process of the development of an Anglican Covenant that underscores our unity in faith, order, and common life
in the service of God’s mission; and be it further
Resolved,
That the 75th General Convention direct the International Concerns Standing
Committee of the Executive Council and the Episcopal Church’s members of the
Anglican Consultative Council to follow the
development processes of an Anglican Covenant in the Communion, and
report regularly to the Executive
Council as well as to the 76th General Convention; and be it further
Resolved, That the 75th General Convention report these
actions supporting the Anglican Covenant development process, noting
such missiological and theological resources as the
Standing Commission on World Mission and the House of Bishops’ Theology Committee to the Archbishop of Canterbury, the
Joint Standing Committee of the Anglican Consultative Council and the Primates,
and the Secretary General of the Anglican Communion; and that the Presiding
Bishop of the Episcopal Church report the same to the Primates of the churches
of the Anglican Communion.