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A VERY BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE 2007 CONVENTION OF THE EPISCOPAL DIOCESE OF FORT WORTH NOTE: The Constitution of the Diocese stipulates that changes to its Constitution do not take effect until and if they are ratified by a second vote at the next annual Diocesan Convention which is scheduled for Nov. 14 & 15, 2008. At this Convention the Diocese of Ft. Worth passed legislation that signaled:
THE AUTHORITY OF GENERAL CONVENTION & ANGLICAN IDENTITY The Convention removed all reference to the authority of the Episcopal Church from the Constitution of the Diocese of Ft. Worth and replaced it with language affirming the identity of the Diocese as a constituent part of the Anglican Communion. AN INVITATION TO JOIN THE PROVINCE OF THE SOUTHERN CONE The Synod (governing body) of the Anglican Province of the Southern Cone has issued an invitation to "welcome into membership of our Province on an emergency and pastoral basis" any diocese of the Episcopal Church which wishes to remain in the Anglican Communion while disassociating itself from The Episcopal Church. The Convention passed a Resolution thanking the Province of the Southern Cone for their invitation, and empowering "the Bishop and Standing Committee [to] prepare a report for this diocese on the constitutional and canonical implications and means of accepting this invitation. DISSENTING PARISHES Provision was made in amending the diocesan Canon 32 for those parishes which do not want to leave The Episcopal Church. Guidelines for how that will work are referred to in the Canon but have not been finalized or published.
Supporting Documents Please find below the bylaws for All Saints' Episcopal Church, as well as the proposed legislation for the 2007 Diocesan Convention. |
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