The House of
Deputies State of the Church Committee (SOTC) has
concluded its work for the triennium. The report, submitted as part of the Blue
Book, is available here.
The charge of the House of Deputies Committee on the
State of the Church, the oldest committee of the Church, is to prepare a report
for the House of Deputies that shows an accurate picture of The Episcopal
Church and to approve the form of the Annual Parochial Report. Its mandate
states: “CANON I.6.5(b) A Committee of the House of Deputies shall be appointed
following the close of each General Convention, to serve ad interim, and to
prepare and present to the next meeting of the House of Deputies a report on
the State of the Church; which report, when agreed to by the said House, shall
be sent to the House of Bishops."
The Committee on the State of the Church has partnered
with Forward
Movement , working together to offer an overview, or “snapshot,” of the 38-
page report. This summary report is available as a PDF document in two
formats — as an 8 1/2 x 11 full sheet here or as
a half-sheet suitable for use as a bulletin insert, available at no fee here.
Congregations are encouraged to print and distribute this information so that
Episcopalians across the church will gain an awareness of the state of our
Church.
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