D090 (The Church’s Teaching on Racism)

House of Bishops Message #296

The House of Bishops informs the House of Deputies that on Jul 10, 2022 it considered resolution D090 (The Church’s Teaching on Racism). The house acted to:

Concur


Resolved, the House of Bishops concurring,

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That the 80th General Convention of The Episcopal Church reaffirms previous General Convention resolutions on racism and that these shall be considered part of the Church’s teaching on racism; and be it further

Resolved, that the General Convention thanks the House of Bishops Theology Committee for the teachings on racism and white supremacy and commends them to the church for study and action; and be it further

Resolved, that the Church’s Christian principles to guide responses to human migration (2018-D009) and all previous General Convention resolutions concerning migrants and migration shall be part of the Church’s teaching on racism; and be it further

Resolved, that racism, racially-biased behavior, and teaching contrary to the Church’s teaching on racism is an anathema to the Church.

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That the 80th General Convention of The Episcopal Church reaffirms previous General Convention resolutions on racism and that these shall be considered part of the Church’s teaching on racism; and be it further

Resolved, that the General Convention invites thanks the House of Bishops Theology Committee for the teachings on racism and white supremacy and commends them to the church for study and actionto develop and promulgate apostolic teaching on racism to form part of the Church’s teaching on racism; and be it further

Resolved, that the Church’s Christian principles to guide responses to human migration (2018-D009) and all previous General Convention resolutions concerning migrants and migration shall be part of the Church’s teaching on racism; and be it further

Resolved, that racism, racially-biased behavior, and teaching contrary to the Church’s teaching on racism is an anathema to the Church.