Status of Resolutions in Churches of Congregational Polity
1962 General Resolution
WHEREAS, churches associated in congregational polity frequently desire, through the orderly method of democratic parliamentary procedure, to express their ethical concerns and judgment on important contemporary issues, and to implement the same to the end that opinion both within the denomination and outside it may be enlightened on the issue and brought to intelligent decision for action; andWHEREAS, congregational polity guarantees the liberty of churches, fellowships and individuals to arrive at their own conclusions, without being bound in any dogmatic sense to agreement with resolutions thus adopted;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED: That general resolutions duly considered and adopted by the General Assembly of the Unitarian Universalist Association be considered the expressed view of that General Assembly, representative of the gathered delegates of the Association's churches and fellowships, without in any sense being considered the unanimous opinion of the churches and fellowships, or their individual members; be commended to the denomination as a basis for study and action; and be implemented by being brought to the attention of the public and appropriate agencies of government; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED: That a report of the vote of the General Assembly, when an actual count has been made, be made part of the public record of the adopted general resolutions; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED: That the Board of Trustees, appropriate officers, departments and agencies of the Unitarian Universalist Association be urged to undertake such programs of publicity, education, and persuasion as will fittingly implement the purpose of the adopted resolutions.
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