Title: Continued Commitment to MDGs as a Mission Priority
Resolved, the Episcopal Church in Minnesota reaffirms its commitment to the Millennium Development Goals as a primary mission priority through 2015 and pledges to redouble its efforts in pursuit of achievement of these goals by 2015 and be it further
Resolved, that the Episcopal Church in Minnesota requests that the Joint Standing Committee on Program, Budget & Finance to include in the [ERD1] 2013-2015 General Convention Budget, a line item of no less than 0.7% of the non-government revenue of the Episcopal Church to support the Millennium Development Goals; and that this 0.7% commitment will be a visible and prophetic act of leadership in fighting global poverty and be it further
Resolved, That the funds from the 0.7% line item be contributed to a campaign for the triennium [ERD2] 2013-2015 to be led and administered by Episcopal Relief & Development in support of its programs that are working to achieve the Millennium Development Goals.
Explanation
The Episcopal Church has been a leader among communities of faith, nationally and globally, in calling attention to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) as one way of responding to God’s mission of reconciliation.
Countless individual Episcopalians, as well as Episcopal parishes and dioceses, have taken up the challenge to meet the MDGs by contributing 0.7% of their annual income to international development as commended by 1998 Lambeth Conference Resolution I.15 and General Convention resolutions 2003-D066, 2006-D022 and 2009-D016.
It is important for the Episcopal Church to provide continued leadership through 2015, which marks the date by which the MDGs are to be met.
