Report of Council for Native Ministries
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- Date
- 1989 October 25-27
- Type
- Resolution 23-10-89
- Mover
- Dr. D.N. Maybee
- Seconder
- Rt. Rev. C. Lawrence
- Prologue
- Nina Burnham, Chairperson, the Reverend James Isbister, the Reverend Arthur Anderson and the Reverend Laverne Jacobs addressed the National Executive Council.
- Text of motion
- That this National Executive Council:
- 1. Receive the following resolution proposed by the Council for Native Ministries;
- 2. Request the Doctrine and Worship Committee, in consultation with the Council for Native Ministries, to develop a statement which would respond to the concerns addressed in the report; and
- 3. Report its progress to the next meeting of the National Executive Council. CARRIED #23-10-89
- Notes
- The Council for Native Ministries' motion reads:
- To endorse and pass the following resolution from the Council for Native Ministries:
- Whereas the Native people cannot be considered as being a homogenous people or just another disadvantaged ethnic group within Canadian society,
- Whereas the Native people represent a total development of an aboriginal race within their home land,
- Whereas the Native people were self-sufficient (politically, economically, socially and spiritually) prior to European contact,
- Whereas the Native people had a special relationship with the land and the Creator God and had their own forms of expressions of worship, praise, and thanksgiving, and
- Whereas the Native people have accepted Christianity and its teachings,
- Therefore, be it resolved that the official church acknowledge and recognize the legitimate presence of the subsistence-oriented reality of Native peoples,
- and be it further resolved that the official church produce a statement on the question of Indian Spirituality and its application within the church and services.
- Subjects
- Indigenous peoples - Canada
- Indigenous peoples - Canada - Anglican Church of Canada
- Indigenous peoples - Canada - Religion
- Indigenous spirituality - Anglican Church of Canada
- Anglican Church of Canada. Council for Native Ministries