EPISCOPAL DIOCESE MULLS SPENDING CUTS AT MEETING

                         Roanoke Times
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DATE: SUNDAY, February 2, 1992                   TAG: 9202020235
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: B3   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: BLACKSBURG                                LENGTH: Short
EPISCOPAL DIOCESE MULLS SPENDING CUTS AT MEETING
Delegates to the 73rd Annual Council of the Episcopal Diocese of Southwestern Virginia will make final decisions today on how to fund its programs for the year with about $50,000 less than in 1991.
A $743,000 budget was presented by the diocesan Executive Board and debated Saturday, with the bulk of the cuts coming from elimination of the campus ministry programs at Virginia Tech and Radford University.
The program has been unfunded since the end of December, though its chaplain has received support from a Blacksburg congregation to continue his work at Virginia Tech.
There were several expressions of support Saturday for the Rev. Rod Sinclair's work at the universities. The finance committee will consider whether to endorse all amendments recommended Saturday and each will be voted on today.
Council members also discussed a group of resolutions, including one that would "proclaim our inability to call same-sex sexual preference a sin" and another that would request that the national church "prohibit the ordination of persons who practice, believe, or teach that sexual relationships outside the bonds of Holy Matrimony are acceptable."
Votes on resolutions also will be made at the closing session of the council today.

by Bhavesh Jinadra by CNB