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Some of the 361 resolutions adopted by General Convention

Administration

approved a churchwide health insurance plan for employees working 1,500 hours a year or more for all domestic dioceses, congregations and canonical organizations of The Episcopal Church (A177)

established a mandatory lay pension plan for lay employees working a minimum of 1,000 hours in a congregation, diocese or other Episcopal church body (A138)

approved the revision of the clergy discipline canons of Title IV, giving more emphasis to healing, repentance and reconciliation (A185)

mandated that the names of people serving on any committee, subcommittee, task force, panel or other body elected or appointed by any body or leader throughout The Episcopal Church be made public within 30 days of their selection (D045)

Budget

adopted a budget that is $23 million less than proposed in January; 37 of 180 positions at the Episcopal Church Center and satellite offices will be eliminated (D067)

adopted five budget priorities for the next three years (D052):
-networking the members of the Body of Christ
-alleviating poverty and injustice
-claiming our identity
-growing congregations and the next generations of faith
-strengthening governance and foundations for ministry

Ecumenical

approved full communion with the Moravian Church (A073) and an agreement for continued dialogue with the Presbyterian Church (A075)

approved an interim Eucharistic sharing with the United Methodist Church and starting a dialogue with the historic African American Methodist Churches (D054)

endorsed a lengthy theological statement on interreligious relations (A074)

Education

called for development of resources for formation in Episcopal identity and leadership in the church (B013)

approved a charter for lifelong Christian formation (A082) and called for all dioceses to develop a strategy the lifelong Christian formation (A083)

encouraged congregations to raise awareness of health ministry and implement health ministry as a vital part of their life (A077)

Evangelism

called for the creation of an “evangelism toolkit” to help congregations and dioceses reach out to under-represented groups. (A066)

called for a major strategic vision for outreach to Latino/Hispanic people (D038)

added “evangelist” to the licensed ministries of The Episcopal Church. (A065)

Mission

affirmed that “the heartbeat of the church is mission” and challenged dioceses and congregations to participate in one new or ongoing project that engages in a relationship with another part of the Body of Christ in the world (D075)

adopted the Five Marks of Mission of the Anglican Communion as the church’s five top strategic priorities (D027):
-proclaim the good news of the kingdom.
-teach, baptize and nurture new believers
-respond to human need by loving service
-seek to transform unjust structures of society
-strive to safeguard the integrity of creation and sustain and renew the life of the earth

encouraged each diocese to enter into a companion relationship with a diocese of the Episcopal Church of Sudan and to include a prayer for peace in each public liturgy. (D007)

Prayer Book, Liturgy and Music

called on the House of Bishops and Standing Commission on Music and Liturgy to develop an open process for churchwide participation in developing theological resources and liturgies for same-gender blessings, for consideration at the 2012 General Convention (C056)

adopted a new liturgical resource to assist individuals and families dealing with childbirth and the loss of children, Rachel’s Tears, Hannah’s Hopes (A088)

added additional commemorations to the church calendar (A095) with a trial revision and expansion of Lesser Feasts and Fasts called Holy Women, Holy Men: Celebrating the Saints (A096)

Relationship to the Anglican Communion

affirmed access to the ordination process for all the baptized and affirmed the Episcopal Church’s commitment to and support of the Anglican Communion (D025)

asked dioceses to study the Ridley Cambridge Draft of the proposed Anglican Covenant and report comments to Executive Council, which will make a full report to the 2012 General Convention (D020)

Social issues

recommitted to being an anti-racist church ( A142) and to research the church’s complicity in the slave trade (A143)

reaffirmed financial support for Jubilee Ministries in the fight against poverty (A154)

called the church to speak out against domestic violence and for clergy and lay leaders to be trained in its prevention (D096)

affirmed due process of law for all living in the United States, and called for implementation of comprehensive immigration reform (B006)

agreed to restrict the use of bottled water at General Convention and to encourage church members to practice water conservation (A045)

repudiated the doctrine of discovery in relation to indigenous peoples (D035)

urged congregations, dioceses and individuals to support the work of Episcopal Relief and Development with a remembrance and special collection during Lent (A178)

Karin Hamilton (Diocese of Connecticut) and David Skidmore (Diocese of Chicago) contributed to this list.