Joint Commission on Renewal. Records

GC-02-R0008

The Archives of the Episcopal Church

Fonds

Joint Commission on Renewal. Records

• 1967-1970 (Creation)

.35 cu. ft. (1 box)

The Joint Commission on Renewal was formed from a 1966 House of Bishops request that the Presiding Bishop appoint a group to re-structure and renew national church bodies in the face of internal and social tensions weighing on the church. The resulting Joint Committee drew on several theological and ministry-defining entities to create a Consultation on Renewal (1968), which reported in 1969 on the need for ecumenical conversation to address the problem. Having defined the goal of renewal and approaches to its accomplishment, the Joint Commission recommended its dissolution in 1970.

The records of the Joint Commission on Renewal are comprised primarily of meeting minutes, correspondence, reports drafted by the Commission, and printed materials about renewal written by members of the Commission. There is also a small amount of correspondence and records about financial matters.

Arranged by the type of record kept.

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• Church renewal
• Ecumenical movement
• Special General Convention II

• Joint Commission on Renewal (Subject)
• Eastman, Albert Theodore (Subject)
• Hines, John Elbridge (Subject)
• Stokes, Anson Phelps (Subject)