ORIGINAL TEXT

Resolution A164

Title:   Continued Attention to the Millennium Development Goals

Topic:   

Committee:   National and International Concerns

House of Initial Action:   Bishops

Proposer:   Episcopal Church and the Anglican Communion


Resolved, the House of _____ concurring, That the 75th General Convention of the Episcopal Church urge continued participation in and advocacy for the Millennium Development Goals, and the giving of at least 0.7% of diocesan, parish and individual financial resources to international development work as a step toward the goal of relieving abject poverty, and making real a vision of the reign of God in our own day; and be it further
Resolved, That the 75th General Convention ask that this resolution be referred to each Diocesan Council or Convention for affirmation and action as a sign of the Episcopal Church’s understanding that participation in the Millennium Development Goals is an expression of the hunger of this church for far deeper communion with all of God’s beloved.
 

EXPLANATION

This resolution signals the ongoing commitment of the Episcopal Church to deeper communion in God's mission by participating actively in the accomplishment of the Millennium Development Goals.