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Budget panel's business sails through
GA04117
July 2, 2004

Budget panel's business sails through

Assembly approves plan to strengthen Hispanic-Latino ministry

by Shane Whisler

RICHMOND, July 2 - With little debate and just one amendment, the General
Assembly acted on the recommendations of its Mission Coordination and Budget
committee "in record time," committee Moderator Catesby Woodford said from
the podium Thursday night.

The Assembly approved a commissioner's resolution to "strengthen
Hispanic-Latino ministry" in the church through the hiring of more
Spanish-speaking staff and implementation of a new Hispanic strategy in the
2007-2008 budget.

The Assembly also approved a recommendation from a Special Offerings Task
Force to keep the church's current special offerings in place but review them
more often, moving from every six years to every four.

Because of budget limitations, commissioners voted to replace the word
"direct" with "encourage" in a measure calling on the General Assembly
Council (GAC) to fund and staff a denominational office of equal-employment
opportunity and affirmative action.

The coordination and budget committee meets once more Saturday morning to
finalize the unprecedented two-year mission budget.

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