The 72nd General Convention of the Episcopal Church:

      The 72nd General Convention of the Episcopal Church convenes in Philadelphia and will be in session July 16-25, 1997.

      News Releases of the General Convention

      This page has a number of links and other pieces of information about the General Convention. It will be updated as often as possible. NOTE: You may or may not agree with everyone's viewpoint that this page points to, but in fairness to the variety of issues that will be discussed at the General Convention, I feel that it is important to offer links to any site that can enlighten us or even cause us to think about our own positions. If you know of any site that I have missed, please let me know at

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      Officical Websites of the Episcopal Church

      • The Website of the General Convention is the best place to start for official information. This clean and useful site contains and introduction and links to the Convention itself, The House of Deputies, the Reports to the 1997 General Convention ("The Blue Book") and more.
      • The Church Governance Pagesof the National Church's Website contains links to: the General Convention, The Office of House of Deputies President, and the General Convention Official Documentation.
      • The Blue Book, (which, this year, is burgundy and 550 dense pages long). All of the reports, resolutions, and everything else in the actual Book can be found here.

      These are all part of the Official Website of the Episcopal Church.

      Diocese of Fort Worth Comments about the the General Convention

      • Bishop Jack Iker's comments on the General Convention, from the June-July, 1997 Forward
      • Fort Worth Delegates Prepare for General Convention
      • Comments on the Proposed Concordat of Agreement with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
      • Bishop Iker's plan for women priests in the Diocese of Fort Worth
      • Follow up article: Episcopal Bishop Iker speaks against canon on women in clergy
      • Bishop Jack Iker's comments on the outcome of General Convention, from the September, 1997 Forward

      Convention Sites hosted by individuals

      Unofficial information about Convention includes a vast amount of data about Convention, the Bishops and Deputies attending (including all of their birthdays), and many other tidbits. This is all gathered and compiled by Dr. Louie Crew, a rather controversial churchman whose meticulousness is disputed by no one.
      • House of Deputies
        • A Profile of the House of Deputies
      • House of Bishops
        • A Profile of the House of Bishops
        • Profiles of the Four Nominees for Presiding Bishop
        • Testimonials regarding the nominees for Presiding Bishop.
          Post your own testimonial. (Please include the nominee's name in your subject line.)
      • Standing Commissions & Committees
        • Standing Commission on Human Affairs
      • Teleconferences Live from General Convention
      • A Calendar for Social Justice Folks at General Convention Or click here if your browser can't handle tables

      Convention Sites hosted by groups

      • Episcopalians United
      • The last On-line issue of Foundations, by theEpiscopal Synod of America
      • Integrity information on Gerneral Convention.

      Diocesan Pages for the General Convention

      • Diocese of Atlanta
      • Diocese of NorthWest Texas
      • Diocese of Colorado
      • Diocese of Newark

      News Sources for the Convention

      • Episcopal Life
      • Episcopal New Service
      • Anglican Communion News Service
      • E-Mail Subscriptions to either or both of these services are available at no cost.
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