Declaration of Principles – Membership in General Synod – Second Reading
https://archives.anglican.ca/link/official10355
- Date
- 2013 July 3-7
- Source
- General Synod. Minutes
- Type
- Act 12
- Seconder
- The Rt. Rev. Sue Moxley
- Text of motion
- That this General Synod give second reading to amend sections 3, 4 and 5 of the Declaration of Principles to read as follows:
- 3. Membership
- - a) The General Synod of The Anglican Church of Canada shall be organized in three Orders: the Order of Bishops, the Order of Clergy and the Order of Laity.
- - b) Members of the Orders of Clergy and Laity shall be members of the diocesan synod, or eligible to be members of the diocesan synod, of the diocese they represent.
- - c) The number of clergy and lay members elected by each diocese shall be determined relative to the population of the diocese.
- - d) Each diocese shall elect the same number of lay members as clergy members.
- - e) Each diocese shall be entitled to elect or appoint one youth representative, either clergy or lay, in addition to the clergy and lay members it is entitled to elect.
- - f) Other non-diocesan or quasi-diocesan jurisdictions in the Church may also be entitled to representation as specified in the Constitution.
- - g) The Constitution may provide for ex officio members of the General Synod.
- 4. Sessions
- The three Orders shall sit and vote together, except where specifically provided for in the Constitution, Canons or Rules of Order.
- 5. Voting by Dioceses
- The Rules of Order shall make provision for a vote by dioceses where demanded.
- CARRIED IN ALL ORDERS Act 12
- Subjects
- Anglican Church of Canada. General Synod. Declaration of Principles
- Anglican Church of Canada. General Synod - Membership
- Anglican Church of Canada. General Synod (40th : Ottawa, Ont. : 2013) - Rules and practice