Episcopalians
wishing to be considered to serve on a General Convention-mandated task
force focusing on church restructure may access an online nomination form here. People may nominate themselves or others. Nominations will be accepted until Thursday, August 23.
Approved at the
recently-concluded General Convention 2012, Resolution C095 calls for
development of a 24-member task force charged with presenting a plan to
the next General Convention in 2015 "for reforming the Church's
structures, governance, and administration."
The task force
members will be appointed by Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori
and President of the House of Deputies the Rev. Gay Clark Jennings by
September 30. According to the resolution, "The membership of the Task
Force shall reflect the diversity of the Church, and shall include some
persons with critical distance from the Church's institutional
leadership." In addition, the task force will conduct a
special gathering with representation from every diocese in preparation
of its final report, due by November 2014. The date and location of the
special meeting will be determined later.
