DIOCESAN COUNCIL
Diocesan Council is an elected body which conducts the affairs of the diocese between Annual Conventions, like a “convention between conventions.”
The council is comprised of six members of the clergy (who are eligible to vote at convention) and nine members of the laity (who are enrolled confirmed adult communicants in good standing of a church in the diocese). They are elected by convention for terms of three years, staggered so that one-third of the 15 are elected each year.
CURRENT COUNCIL MEMBERS
2025
The Rev. Valerie Davis
The Rev. Ginny Wilder
Pam Harvey
Sherry Owens
Al Ragland
2026
Jerry Garrett
The Rev. Michelle Roach
Claude Snow
Jane Thorne
The Rev. Maryann Younger
2027
David Bland
Alice Freeman
Jeff Pitts
The Rev. Imogen Rhodenhiser
The Rev. Amanda Stephenson
DUTIES
The duties of Diocesan Council, outlined in Canon D-III.3, are:
(a) Assist the Bishop and Bishop Coadjutor, if there be one, in planning and developing the work of the Church in the Diocese.
(b) Assist the Bishop and Bishop Coadjutor, if there be one, in administering the work of the Church in the Diocese through whatever departments, divisions, commissions, or other agencies may be established from time to time for that purpose.
(c) Supervise, coordinate, and review the work of all departments, agencies, and diocesan officers charged with holding title to property; be responsible for maintaining such property; and be responsible for designating qualifying church buildings as “Historic Churches.”
(d) Direct, coordinate, and administer the financial affairs of the Diocese not vested by canon in other officers or agencies.
(e) Directly or through agents under its direction and control, fix all compensation except that fixed by the Convention.
(f) Supervise and coordinate all departments, agencies, and diocesan officers charged with record-keeping, maintenance of archives, and preserving and writing the history of the Diocese, its departments, agencies, and congregations.
(g) As deemed desirable, adopt by-laws, rules, and regulations for its government and for the government of its officials, agents, employees, departments, and agencies.
(h) Make and preserve a full record of its acts and of the work of each of its departments and furnish to each annual Convention a full report of all its actions and all moneys expended under its direction during the preceding year, including a report from each department of the Council with respect to the work done by such department.
