The convention unanimously approved the first reading of this resolution which will return to Convention 2016 for final approval as per canons.
Resolution: First Reading on Parish Status
WHEREAS, the Church of the Holy Comforter did on May 17, 2015 take a vote of the mission adopting the Articles of Association as required by Canon II.1.3 with more than two-thirds of the confirmed adults in good standing of the Organized Mission signing the document, and
WHEREAS, the Diocesan Council did consider the Petition to Advance the Church of the Holy Comforter Martinez to Parish Status at its meeting on May 20, 2015 at St. Paul’s, Albany, and unanimously voted to recommend the Diocesan Convention approve this Petition for its first reading at the 194th Convention of the Diocese of Georgia,
BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED, that this Convention approve the first reading of the Petition to Advance the Church of the Holy Comforter Martinez to Parish Status and that the second reading the Petition to Advance the Church of the Holy Comforter Martinez to Parish Status be presented for approval by the 195th Convention of the Diocese of Georgia.
