General Convention Resources for the Diocese of NJ

Locally Sponsored Legislation

General Convention Resolutions can be sponsored by a wide variety groups of people.

A-Resolutions are sponsored by national Committees, Commissions, Agencies, and Boards

B-Resolutions are sponsored by Bishops (at least 3 bishops, from different diocese)

C-Resolutions are sponsored by Diocese or Provinces

D-Resolutions are sponsored by Deputies (at least 3 deputies)

Individual Deputies and Bishops are limited to proposing not more than three resolutions.

 

Legislation sponsored by individual NJ Deputies

Creation Cycle of the Pentecost Season
 
Amend Canon III.10.2(a)(2)
 
Environmental Justice
 
Merciful and Humane Treatment of God's Creatures

 

Sponsored by the Diocese of New Jersey

Financial Support for Seminarians:
 
Affirming the Canonical Process
 
Creation Cycle of the Pentecost Season
 

Sponsored by Province2 (New York and New Jersey)

Creation of Standing Commission on Women