Executive Council fails to fulfill the mind of General Convention
Executive Council fails to fulfill the mind of General Convention
Offers 37-page report why it can't comply
By Mary Ann Mueller
Special Correspondent
www.virtueonline.org
Feb. 27, 2012
LINTHICUM HEIGHTS, MARYLAND--The Episcopal Executive Council has turned its nose up and its thumbs down to moving Episcopal Church headquarters away from Manhattan Island in New York to less pricy real estate elsewhere. In so doing, it has failed to fulfill its own mission to carry out the mind of General Convention.
Title I Canon 4.1(a) states that the Executive Council duty is to "carry out the program and policies adopted by the General Convention. The Executive Council shall have charge of the coordination, development, and implementation of the ministry and mission of the Church."
The same canon also states in subsection (b) that Executive Council "shall be accountable to the General Convention and shall render a full published report concerning the work with which it is charged ..." The canon goes on to say that the report "shall also include information on the implementation of all concurred resolutions of the previous General Convention calling for action by the Executive Council ..."
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Offers 37-page report why it can't comply
By Mary Ann Mueller
Special Correspondent
www.virtueonline.org
Feb. 27, 2012
LINTHICUM HEIGHTS, MARYLAND--The Episcopal Executive Council has turned its nose up and its thumbs down to moving Episcopal Church headquarters away from Manhattan Island in New York to less pricy real estate elsewhere. In so doing, it has failed to fulfill its own mission to carry out the mind of General Convention.Title I Canon 4.1(a) states that the Executive Council duty is to "carry out the program and policies adopted by the General Convention. The Executive Council shall have charge of the coordination, development, and implementation of the ministry and mission of the Church."
The same canon also states in subsection (b) that Executive Council "shall be accountable to the General Convention and shall render a full published report concerning the work with which it is charged ..." The canon goes on to say that the report "shall also include information on the implementation of all concurred resolutions of the previous General Convention calling for action by the Executive Council ..."
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
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