Declaration of Principles - General Synod Membership
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- Date
- 1992 June 18-26
- Source
- General Synod. Minutes
- Type
- Act 89
- Mover
- Mr. J. Williams
- Seconder
- Dr. H. Dempster
- Prologue
- The tabled resolution, as amended was returned. (See page 53-54.)
- Moved by: Rt. Rev. M. Mate
- Seconded by: Ven. J. Boyles
- That Second Reading be given to the Resolution that:
- 1. Subject to section 2 of this resolution, the Declaration of Principles of the General Synod of the Anglican Church of Canada be amended by repealing s.3f) thereof and substituting the following provision therefor:
- f) The number of clerical and lay members of the General Synod which each diocese shall be entitled to elect shall be determined according to the following procedure:
- i) For each diocese the total number of parishioners recorded on the parish rolls of the parishes of the dioceses shall be related, as a percentage, to the total number of parishioners recorded on the parish rolls of the parishes of all dioceses.
- ii) For each diocese the total number of identifiable givers in the diocese shall be related, as a percentage, to the total number of identifiable givers in all dioceses.
- iii) The percentages shall be averaged to yield the General Synod Membership Percentage for each diocese.
- iv) Subject to clause v) of this subsection, the number of lay and clerical members for each diocese shall be determined according to the following table:
- General Synod Number of Members
- Membership Percentage of Each Order
- 0 - 1.99 3
- 2.00 - 2.99 4
- 3.00 - 4.99 5
- 5.00 - 6.99 6
- 7.00 - 9.99 7
- 10.00 - 14.99 8
- 15.00 - up 9
- v) No diocese shall have fewer than two clerical and two lay members of the General Synod.
- vi) For the purposes of this section, "parishioner" shall mean a baptized person regularly attending services of worship in a parish or otherwise regularly receiving the ministrations of the members of the clergy of a parish as recognized by the incumbent of the parish.
- vii) For the purposes of this section, "identifiable giver" shall mean a person who has made a recorded financial donation to a parish during the relevant year or who is otherwise recognized by the incumbent of the parish as making a contribution to the support of the parish.
- viii) The percentages referred to in i) and ii) shall be determined in the manner provided in the Constitution of the General Synod.
- 2. When the above amendments have been passed into force, the formula thus provided for calculating the number of lay and clerical members of the General Synod shall be implemented over two sessions of the General Synod in such a way that, during the implementation period only, no diocese shall lose or gain more than two members between sessions of the General Synod.
- Text of motion
- That the following table replace table iv):
- General Synod Number of Members
- Membership Percentage of Each Order
- 0 - 1.99 3
- 2.00 - 4.99 4
- 5.00 - 9.99 5
- 10.00 - up 6
- CARRIED Act 89
- Subjects
- Anglican Church of Canada. General Synod. Declaration of Principles
- Anglican Church of Canada. General Synod - Membership
- Anglican Church of Canada - Dioceses