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- Anglican Church of Canada. General Synod
30. Report of the Joint Task Force on Election Procedures to NEC
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/official4384
- Date
- 1974 February 6-8
- Source
- National Executive Council. Minutes
- Record Type
- Resolution
- Date
- 1974 February 6-8
- Record Type
- Resolution
- Mover
- Smith
- Seconder
- Queen
- Prologue
- During further discussion it was also recommended that the Task Force examine the relationship of the Board of Trustees of the Pension Committee to the National Executive Council and General Synod.
- Text
- That this National Executive Council request the Trustees of the Pension Fund to report at our next meeting their decisions, relating to investment management policy and procedures. CARRIED
- Subjects
- Anglican Church of Canada. Pension Fund. Trustees
- Anglican Church of Canada. National Executive Council
- Anglican Church of Canada. General Synod
Adoption of the Agenda
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/official7966
- Date
- 2001 July 4-11
- Source
- General Synod. Minutes
- Record Type
- Act 2
- Mover
- Dean George Bruce
- Seconder
- Bishop Peter Mason
- Prologue
- Moved by: Mrs. Dorothy Davies Flindall
- Seconded by: Mr. James Sweeny
- That the draft Agenda #9 be adopted, subject to revision from time to time during the Synod.
- Amendment
- Text
- That the agenda of this Synod, be amended for the afternoon of Sunday, July 8 from 2:00 to 3:30 P.M. and, if necessary, from 7:00 to 8:50 P.M. in order that a full and open discussion may take place on the future of the National Church and how the ministry of the church can be conducted in the event of the declaration of bankruptcy. CARRIED
- The amended resolution was then put and - CARRIED Act 2
- Subjects
- Anglican Church of Canada. General Synod
- Anglican Church of Canada. General Synod (36th : 2001 : Waterloo, Ont.) - Agenda
- Bankruptcy - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
...and why Does It Matter to your church?
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/article30716
- Author
- Malton, H. Mel, 1963-
- Record Type
- Journal Article
- Journal
- Anglican Journal
- Date
- 2003 June
- Author
- Malton, H. Mel, 1963-
- Record Type
- Journal Article
- Journal
- Anglican Journal
- Date
- 2003 June
- Volume
- 129
- Issue
- 6
- Page
- 12-13
- Notes
- As part of the special supplement on General Synod, this article profiles the parish of St. Stephen's in Calgary showing how General Synod resources are used.
- Subjects
- St. Stephen's Anglican Church (Calgary, Alta.)
- Anglican Church of Canada - Parishes
- Anglican Church of Canada. General Synod
- Pearson, Brian E. (Brian Edward)
- Fulton, Cathy
- McLeod, Don
Anglican Church announces new national structure to reflect priorities set by governing body
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/official28
- Date
- 1995 June 30
- Source
- Anglican News Service
- Record Type
- Press release
- Text
- TORONTO (June 30) -- The Anglican Church of Canada has announced staffing and structural changes to bring the national staff organization in line with the priorities and focus approved by its chief governing body earlier this month.
- The key element in the new structure, as described by Archbishop Michael Peers, is a nine-person management team to direct the work and priorities in those areas approved by General Synod in Ottawa.
- The restructuring has resulted in the elimination of three staff positions: Congregational Development consultant, Editor and General Manager of the Anglican Journal, and Director of the Anglican Book Centre.
- Congregational development work will no longer be initiated at the national level. The Anglican Journal and Anglican Book Center will both come under the management of a new Information Resources Group. This reflects the priority General Synod gave to the development of a coordinated communications strategy that would incorporate all aspects of information dissemination under one umbrella department.
- Archbishop Peers said the editorial independence of the Anglican Journal was affirmed by General Synod and will continue under a new editor, to be appointed. Carolyn Purden, who held the editor and general manager position at the Journal, was given a severance package. The new editor will be responsible for the editorial direction of the paper, but not its financial management.
- General Synod also called on the national organization to bring more focus and integration to the work it does. It recommended a more consultative as opposed to legislative, style as well as more networks and fewer formal structures.
- The management team announced by the Primate will include himself, the General Secretary and seven directors responsible for Financial Management; Financial Development; Faith, Worship and Ministry; the Primate's World Relief and Development Fund; Partnerships; Pensions; and Information Resources.
- In announcing the changes to staff, Archbishop Peers stressed that they were not intended to effect a downsizing in staff. What they are meant to do, he said, is reflect the wishes of General Synod and implement a new way of working.
- "In the long term we are looking at ways we can do our work better together, not better with fewer people," he said. "What we have been talking about is reorganization, not downsizing."
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- Contact Doug Tindal, Director of Communication 416-924-9199 ext. 286; 905-335-8349 (residence) or Sam Carriere, Media Relations, General Synod, 416-924-9199, ext. 256
- Subjects
- Anglican Church of Canada
- Anglican Book Centre
- Anglican Journal
- Purden, Carolyn
- Editorial independence
- Anglican Church of Canada - Employees
- Coordinated Communications Strategy
- Anglican Church of Canada. General Synod
- Anglican Church of Canada. General Synod (34th : 1995 : Ottawa, Ont.)
- Strategic planning - Anglican Church of Canada
- Congregational development - Anglican Church of Canada
Anglican Church boosts Indigenous Healing funds, cuts other programs and staff in financial squeeze
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/official7483
- Date
- 2000 August 14
- Source
- Anglican News Service
- Record Type
- Press release
- Text
- TORONTO, Monday, August 14, 2000 -- The Anglican Church will cut more than half a million dollars in grants to support ministry in Canada's north and overseas, and eliminate eight full time positions at its national office.
- At the same time, grants available from the church's Healing and Reconciliation Fund, supporting work with Indigenous peoples, will double.
- The reductions, amounting to about 11 percent of the church's $10.9 million national budget, respond to continuing financial pressure from the cost of litigation related to residential schools.
- The impact of the reductions will be felt around the world. Grants to support ministry across Canada's north will decline by about $125,000 in 2000, with a further $130,000 reduction recommended for 2001. Similar grants to programs in the Third World will decline by almost $400,000.
- "With these reductions we will balance our operating expenditures in the current year," said Archdeacon Jim Boyles, the church's general secretary, "but our assets will continue to be depleted to pay for our litigation costs."
- The church's General Synod (its national structure) and eight of its 30 independent dioceses, or regions, are named in about 350 suits for cultural, physical and sexual abuse at the schools. In some cases the church is named directly, in others it has been brought into the suit as a third party by the Government of Canada, which is also being sued.
- The residential schools operated into the 1980s under government control. Churches, including the Anglican, Presbyterian, Roman Catholic and United Churches, participated in operating the schools until 1969.
- Archdeacon Boyles said the church is continuing to urge the Government of Canada to stop pursuing lawsuits as its primary response to the more than 7,000 individuals who are seeking compensation. "We agree with the Law Commission of Canada that a redress mechanism would offer a better means of meeting the needs of people who were harmed in the schools," he said.
- "We have told the government that we could make a substantial commitment, both financially and in other ways, to support such a redress program". There has been no response from government, he said".
- The church committed itself to a new relationship with Indigenous people in 1969, when its involvement in the residential schools ended. It established its Healing and Reconciliation Fund in 1991, after hearing reports of abuses in the schools. In 1993, Archbishop Michael Peers gave an apology on behalf of the church for its participation in the schools.
- The Healing and Reconciliation Fund is administered by the Anglican Council of Indigenous Peoples. It provides grants in support of community-based healing initiatives for Indigenous groups. Since its inception, the fund has provided about $600,000 to assist with 60 healing projects. Financial support for Indigenous ministries, including the work of the Council and the Healing Fund, will increase from $262,000 to $547,000 annually.
- The continuing drain of litigation costs and other factors have lead to the current reductions. Other impacts include:
- - reduction of work in environmental and social justice areas, and reduction of support for a number of inter-church coalitions working in these areas
- - reduction in the number of pages in the national newspaper, the `Anglican Journal'
- - elimination of the national Resource Centre, which provided loans of videos and other resources to support parish ministries.
- Ten staff positions have been eliminated at the church's national office, but two new ones have been created, leaving a net reduction of eight full time positions. Those affected have been provided with a severance package and relocation assistance, Archdeacon Boyles said. The staff reductions are effective immediately; grant reductions will come into full effect in 2001, if the church's national executive committee approves the proposed budget.
- A complete report on the reductions is available at www.anglican.ca/church.
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- For further information contact: Archdeacon Jim Boyles, 416-924-9199 ext. 280
- Related information:
- Residential Schools, Legacy and Hope (`Ministry Matters' special edition), http://www.anglican.ca/mm/2000/legacy/
- Healing and Reconciliation Fund, http://www.anglican.ca/ministry/healing/
- Other resources related to the Residential schools, http://www.anglican.ca/ministry/rs/
- `Restoring Dignity': Report of the Law Commission of Canada, www.lcc.gc.ca/
- Contact: Doug Tindal, Director of Information Resources, 416-924-9199 ext. 286; 905-335-8349 (residence); During May 4-7. 416-540-3653 www.anglican.ca
- Subjects
- Anglican Church of Canada. General Synod
- Anglican Church of Canada. General Synod - Employees
- Anglican Church of Canada - Finance
- Anglican Church of Canada - Trials, litigation, etc.
- Third parties (Law) - Canada
- Indigenous peoples - Canada - Residential schools - Anglican Church of Canada
- Indigenous peoples - Canada - Anglican Church of Canada
- Anglican Church of Canada. Healing and Reconciliation Fund
Annual report 2012
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/catalog7615
- Publication Date
- [2013]
- Material Type
- Book
- Location
- General Synod Archives
- Call Number
- BX 5607 N37 2013
- Corporate Author
- Anglican Church of Canada. General Synod
- Place
- Toronto ON
- Publisher
- Anglican Church of Canada
- Publication Date
- [2013]
- Physical_Description
- 27 p. : ill. (col.) ; 28 x 21.7 cm.
- Material Type
- Book
- Notes
- Cover title.
- At head of title: Anglican Church of Canada.
- "Produced by Resources for Mission". -- back cover.
- "This annual report features a selection of General Synod ministries." -- p. 3.
- "The money you contribute to the ministry of your local parish is shared beyond its boundaries. Your parish shares a portion with the ministries of your diocese, and your diocese in turn shares with the ministries of your General Synod. ... Some of that money is used to fund the ministries of General Synod, and the rest of shared. Let me tell you a bit about both, as well as thank you for your part in the national work of your church -- and offer you an opportunity to contribute even more, if you find the work described in these pages compelling". -- p. 4.
- Contents: Mission Statement -- A message from the Primate / Fred J. Hiltz -- A message from the General Secretary / Michael Thompson -- General Synod Archives: Seven brothers, captured in time -- Primate's Office: A servant ministry: the Primate's work across Canada -- Indigenous Ministries: Water: the Creator's sacred gift -- Creation Matters: green audits for creation's sake -- Youth initiatives: Vibrant together: Canadian Lutheran-Anglican Youth -- Indigenous Ministries: In the footsteps of Blind Moses and Blind Paul -- Global Relations: Partnering abroad: global relations program -- Indigenous Ministries: Healing happens here -- Faith, Worship and Ministry: Healing conversations in the Anglican Communion -- Faith, Worship and Ministry: What it means to be a priest -- Council of the North: Your support helps history happen (again) in Saskatchewan -- Communications and Information Resources: Telling the Anglican story to the world -- Justice and Corrections: 'I was in prison and you visited me' -- Resources for Mission: Good stewardship goes online -- Resources for Mission: Veteran's gift sends church to suburbs -- Anglican Appeal -- Council of General Synod 2010-2013 -- The General Synod of the Anglican Church of Canada: Consolidated Statement of Operations -- The General Synod of the Anglican Church of Canada: Consolidated Statement of Financial Position -- Anglican Appeal Advertisement.
- Subjects
- Anglican Church of Canada - Finance
- Budget - Anglican Church of Canada
- Anglican Church of Canada. General Synod
- Call Number
- BX 5607 N37 2013
- Location
- General Synod Archives
Answers : where does the money come from ?
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/catalog6127
- Publication Date
- [1994]
- Material Type
- Book
- Location
- General Synod Archives
- Call Number
- BX 5607 A57 1994
- Place
- [Toronto ON]
- Publisher
- [Anglican Church of Canada]
- Publication Date
- [1994]
- Physical_Description
- [4] p. ; 28 x 21.5 cm.
- Material Type
- Book
- Notes
- Cover title.
- At head of title: Where does all the money go ?
- "The Anglican Church of Canada is funded by people like you. More than 90% of national income derives from dioceses ... The pie chart at right represents the support Anglicans give to their churches: $189,556,222 in 1991. .... The remainder, about 80% of total giving, remains with the local parish. Page 2 explains how the national church spends these funds in ministry on your behalf. Page 4 shows the work of the Primate's Fund". -- p. [1].
- Contents: Where does the money come from ? [1991 income figures] -- Where does the money go ? [spending estimates 1994] -- Three more ... -- What do these people do ? -- Where does the PWRDF money go [1994 spending estimates] ?
- "For more information. ask for 'Behind the Budget', available from the national Resource Centre. The Resource Centre can also provide further information or resources about any national program activities. Call (416) 924-9199 ext. 317; or fax (416) 968-7983 Attention: Resource Centre; or write 600 Jarvis Street, Toronto, ON M4Y 2J6". -- p. [4].
- Subjects
- Anglican Church of Canada - Finance
- Anglican Church of Canada. General Synod
- Anglican Church of Canada. General Synod - Employees
- Anglican Church of Canada. Primate's World Relief and Development Fund (PWRDF) - Finance
- Budget - Anglican Church of Canada
- Call Number
- BX 5607 A57 1994
- Location
- General Synod Archives
Best chance for parishes to influence national policy
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/article21900
- Author
- Portman, William (Bill) Gordon, 1930-2015
- Record Type
- Journal Article
- Journal
- Anglican Journal
- Date
- 1997 January
- Record Type
- Journal Article
- Journal
- Anglican Journal
- Date
- 1997 January
- Volume
- 123
- Issue
- 1
- Page
- 3
- Notes
- Good explanation about how delegates are chosen to attend the General Synods.
- See also small article on Provincial synods same page.
- Subjects
- Anglican Church of Canada. General Synod
- Anglican Church of Canada - Government
- Anglican Church of Canada - Provinces
Bishops approve plan for 2019 Joint Assembly
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/article40074
- Author
- Williams, Leigh Anne
- Record Type
- Journal Article
- Journal
- Anglican Journal
- Date
- 2015 January
- Author
- Williams, Leigh Anne
- Record Type
- Journal Article
- Journal
- Anglican Journal
- Date
- 2015 January
- Volume
- 141
- Issue
- 1
- Page
- 3
- Notes
- "The Anglican Church of Canada and the Evangelical Lutheran church in Canada (ELCIC) have approved in principle a plan to hold a second joint assembly in 2019. The first joint meeting of the two churches' governing bodies, which drew about 800 delegates, was held in Ottawa in 2013, with the full communion partners generally meeting as one group except when required to meet and vote as separate legal entities. The Anglican House of Bishops and the Lutheran Conference of Bishops met together on Nov. 17 and 18 [2014] in Niagara Falls, Ont." The bishops heard a report that "highlighted the fact that Waterloo Ministries -- where Anglican and Lutheran communities share clergy, facilities and programs -- have grown from 32 to 82 ministries in the last few years". "Bishop Susan Johnson, national bishop of the ELCIC, spoke to the bishops about plans to mark the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation". "The theme will be 'Liberated by God's Grace' and the subthemes, to be examined from 2015 to 2017, are 'Salvation not for sale'; 'Human beings not for sale' (which will focus on trafficking); and 'Creation not for sale'."
- Subjects
- Anglican Church of Canada - Relations - Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada
- Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada - Relations - Anglican Church of Canada
- Anglican Church of Canada. House of Bishops - Meetings
- Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada. Conference of Bishops - Meetings
- Anglican Church of Canada. General Synod
- Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada. National Convention
- Joint Assembly (2nd : 2019 : Vancouver, B.C.)
- Joint Assembly (2nd : 2019 : Vancouver, B.C.) - Theme
- Shared ministry - Anglican Church of Canada
- Shared ministry - Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada
- Reformation Quincentenary, 2017
Bishops' role as group under study
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/article24365
- Author
- McAteer, Michael R., 1933-
- Record Type
- Journal Article
- Journal
- Anglican Journal
- Date
- 1997 December
- Author
- McAteer, Michael R., 1933-
- Record Type
- Journal Article
- Journal
- Anglican Journal
- Date
- 1997 December
- Volume
- 123
- Issue
- 10
- Page
- 7
- Notes
- "Many Anglicans - including bishops themselves - are uncertain about the scope, role and responsibility of the House of Bishops, says a member of a group looking at the role and function of the General Synod."
- Subjects
- Anglican Church of Canada. House of Bishops
- Anglican Church of Canada - Government
- Anglican Church of Canada. General Synod
- Murray, Kim (Kimberley David)
- MacRae, Robert D. (Robert Daniel), 1932-2015