Information

Information section of the Convening Circular

Guiding Documents

• Mission Statement
• Vision Statement: A people seeking to know, love, and follow Jesus in serving God’s mission.
• Embodying God’s Call: Aligning General Synod’s Structures for God’s Mission Today
• Handbook of General Synod
• The Marks of Mission
• Vision 2019, Summary of Priorities and Practices

Information Documents

• This Holy Estate: The Report of the Commission on the Marriage Canon
• Unique features of an Indigenous Province, The Confederacy of Indigenous Spiritual Ministry
• United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
• Where We Are Today: Twenty Years after the Covenant, an Indigenous Call to the Wider Church – September 2014

The Business of Synod including items requested by General Synod

• The Business of Synod
• General Synod 2013 minutes
• Detailed result of the vote A051 R2 as requested by Synod through Resolution A013.

People at General Synod

• Partners — Anglican Council of Indigenous Peoples
• Ecumenical and International Guests
• Members of General Synod (as of July 4, 2016)
• Officers of General Synod and Sessional Committees of General Synod 2016
• Planning Committees, General Synod 2016
• Staff and Management Team at General Synod 2016

Nominations and Elections

• Nominating and Election Procedures
• Duties of the Prolocutor and Deputy Prolocutor
• Council of General Synod 2013-2016
• Committees of General Synod 2013-2016

Resolution Information

• Memorandum on Resolution A051
• Resolution Committee Guidelines
• Procedure, No Debate List
• Writing Resolutions

Worship Information

• Witness List

About General Synod

• Acronyms
• Background
• Retired Bishops
• Structure of the Anglican Church of Canada