This Heavily modified version of the original R-54 document was sent to the floor of synod where it was further modified

This version of resolution 54 was the final product from World Outreach Committee that was heavily revised from their original version that was sent to the floor of 2002 Synod for a vote

To Synod 2002

Resolution

Subject: A call to the Search for Sound Doctrine and Reaffirmation of the Ground of the Unity

From: World Outreach

WHEREAS, the body of Christ present in the Moravian Church suffers anguished brokenness because of divisions over matters of doctrine and faith; and

WHEREAS, the brokenness and divisions injure our common witness in a time of great opportunity and open doors for ministry in a world that is itself broken; and

WHEREAS, the Moravian Church, Southern Province, has accepted, with the whole of the Unitas Fratrum, the Ground of the Unity as its doctrinal statement; and

WHEREAS, the "Unitas Fratrum takes part in the continual search for sound doctrine" and "maintains that all creeds formulated by the Christian Church stand in need of constant testing in the light of the Holy Scriptures" ( Ground of the Unity sections on "God's Word and Doctrine" and "Creeds and Confessions"); therefore be it !

RESOLVED THAT: the members of this Synod of the Southern Province covenant to confess and repent of the attitudes and actions that have brought us to this brokenness; and

RESOLVED, THAT the Provincial Elders Conference and the Bishops of the Southern Province, give leadership to a process, starting with the clergy, that will encourage and enable the church to address the divisions over matters of doctrine and faith; and

RESOLVED, THAT this process be .considered as a "search for sound doctrine” and a "testing" of the Ground of the Unity "in the light of the Holy Scriptures, and

RESOLVED, THAT the PEC and Bishops call the members of the Southern Province to fervent prayer, intercession and fasting for the church during this process, and

RESOLVED, THAT the results of this process be reported to the congregations, to other provinces and to the Unity Board, and be it further

RESOLVED, THAT this Synod of the Southern Province reaffirms that the Ground of the Unity in its fullness is and continues to express the doctrine and faith of the Moravian Church and is, therefore, the document with this process starts.