Resolution MB 009

Resolved, That the Executive Council wishes to enable the expansion of ministries to people of Chinese descent; and be it further

Resolved, that because certain board directed trust funds have been restricted for ministry to Chinese of the Dispersion (post-Communist takeover); it is hereby

Resolved, that the Executive Council directs the Treasurer to grant $30,000 from Trust Funds of Class 225 to the Episcopal Diocese of New York for use in 2024 to provide safe places for students of Chinese descent at Columbia University to meet at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine and other workshop locations in New York City; and be it further

Resolved, that the Executive Council directs the Treasurer to grant $10,000 from Trust Funds of Class 225 to the Episcopal Diocese of New York for use in 2023-2024 by Li Tim Oi working groups in the dioceses of New York, California, and Los Angeles in response to GC 2022: D-079 (support for the 80th Anniversary programs honoring the first female priest in the Anglican Communion).

China Trust Funds (all of class 225) were established prior to 1949 by various donors to fund a variety of missionary, educational, and medical efforts in China. In 1956 the New York State court ruled to permit certain alternative uses of the income from these funds consistent with the overall intent of the original donors. The court issued an order permitting the income from the funds to be used for ministry among Chinese of the Dispersion and people of Chinese ancestry without geographical limitation for three specific purposes:

Group I (22%): "evangelistic, medical and educational work" of the Church — effectively, mission work; and
Group 2 (69%): education and training of young men and women for the ministry of the Church; and
Group 3 (9%): medical work support, including education and training of doctors, nurses, and technicians.