A062 (Requiring Dioceses to Create a Plan to Narrow Gender Gaps)
House of Deputies Message #45
The House of Deputies informs the House of Bishops that on Jul 8, 2022 it considered resolution A062 (Requiring Dioceses to Create a Plan to Narrow Gender Gaps). The house acted to:
Adopt
Resolved, the House of Bishops concurring,
That the 80th General Convention require each Diocese to submit to the 81st General Convention a plan to narrow the gender equity gaps which exist in their Diocese; and be it further
Resolved, That this plan shall be created after careful examination into the composition of diocesan bodies, gender pay equity of both clergy and lay, and the demographics of parish leadership, including any search committees.