Reports to the 80th General Convention | Blue Book 2021

Reports to the 80th General Convention | Blue Book 2021

The Blue Book 2021

(The reports to General Convention are otherwise known as the “Blue Book Reports.”)

Supplemental reports to The Blue Book 2021 are available as PDF copies. Click here for a list of supplemental reports.

The 2021 edition reflects the regular triennium, 2019-2021, for what would have been General Convention 2021, but delayed and rescheduled as General Convention 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The 2021 Blue Book volumes are for The General Convention 2022.

PDF copies of all three volumes are available here:

Copies of individual reports are also available and listed further below.

Print copies of the 2021 Blue Book are available to purchase for $13 per volume:

Please contact us at gc.support@episcopalchurch.org with any questions about The Blue Book.

Individual Reports

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Supplemental Reports

Date
Info

01/01/21
The Presiding Officers’ Working Group on Truth-Telling, Reckoning, and Healing
01/01/21

01/01/21
Standing Commission on Structure, Governance, Constitution and Canons
01/01/21

Preface

Date
Info

01/01/21
Preface and Acknowledgements
01/01/21

Executive Council

Date
Info

01/01/21
Executive Council Reports
01/01/21

This includes the following items:

  • Report from the Executive Council
  • Executive Council Subcommittees
    • Executive Council Joint Standing Committee on Governance and Operations
    • Executive Council Joint Standing Committee on Mission Beyond The Episcopal Church
    • Executive Council Joint Standing Committee on Mission Within The Episcopal Church
    • Executive Council Joint Standing Committee on Finance
  • Committees Reporting Through Executive Council
    • Joint Audit Committee of the Executive Council and the DFMS
    • Assessment Review Committee
    • Executive Council Investment Committee
    • Executive Council Economic Justice Loan Committee
    • Executive Council Committee on Corporate Social Responsibility
    • Executive Council Conant Fund Grant Review Committee
    • Executive Council Constable Grant Review Committee
    • Executive Council Roanridge Trust Grant Review Committee
    • Scholarship Grant Committee
    • Executive Council Committee on Anti-Racism & Reconciliation
    • Executive Council Committee on HBCU
    • United Thank Offering Board
    • Anglican-Roman Catholic Dialogue in the USA
    • Moravian Episcopal Coordinating Committee
    • Presbyterian Episcopal Dialogue Committee
    • United Methodist Episcopal Committee
  • Report on Resolutions Referred to Dioceses

 

House of Bishops Reports

Date
Info

01/01/21
House of Bishops Committee on Pastoral Development
01/01/21

01/01/21
House of Bishops Committee on Theology
01/01/21

01/01/21
Presiding Bishop’s Council of Advice
01/01/21

House of Deputies Reports

Date
Info

01/01/21
House of Deputies Committee on the State of the Church
01/01/21

01/01/21
President of the House of Deputies Council of Advice
01/01/21

Agencies & Boards Reporting to General Convention

Date
Info

01/01/21
Board for Transition Ministry
01/01/21

01/01/21
Board of the Archives of the Episcopal Church
01/01/21

01/01/21
Board of Trustees for the Church Pension Fund
01/01/21

01/01/21
Board of Trustees of the General Theological Seminary of the Episcopal Church
01/01/21

01/01/21
Court of Review
01/01/21

01/01/21
Disciplinary Board for Bishops
01/01/21

01/01/21
Episcopal Relief and Development
01/01/21

01/01/21
Forward Movement
01/01/21

01/01/21
General Board of Examining Chaplains
01/01/21

Other Reports to the 80th General Convention

Date
Info

01/01/21
Presiding Officers Advisory Group on Beloved Community Implementation
01/01/21

01/01/21
Report of the Staff of the Presiding Bishop
01/01/21

Joint Standing Committees

Date
Info

01/01/21
Joint Standing Committee on Nominations
This includes all nominees for elections taking place at General Convention 2022.
01/01/21

01/01/21
Joint Standing Committee on Planning and Arrangements
01/01/21

01/01/21
Joint Standing Committee on Program, Budget and Finance
01/01/21

Standing Commissions

Date
Info

01/01/21
Standing Commission on Structure, Governance, Constitution and Canons
01/01/21

01/01/21
Standing Commission on World Mission
01/01/21

01/01/21
Standing Commission on Liturgy and Music
01/01/21

This includes the following seven SCLM Subcommittee reports:

  • SCLM Subcommittee for Policy & Evaluation
  • SCLM Subcommittee on the Calendar
  • SCLM Subcommittee on Constitution and Canons
  • SCLM Subcommittee on Formation
  • SCLM Subcommittee on The Book of Common Prayer
  • SCLM Subcommittee on The Book of Occasional Services
  • SCLM Subcommittee on Liturgical Translation

 

Task Force Reports

Date
Info

01/01/21
Task Force on the Budget Process
01/01/21

01/01/21
Task Force to Study Sexism in The Episcopal Church & Develop Anti-Sexism Training
01/01/21

01/01/21
Task Force to Respond to the Opioid Epidemic
01/01/21

01/01/21
Task Force to Develop Model Sexual Harassment Policies & Safe Church Training
01/01/21

01/01/21
Task Force to Develop Churchwide Family Leave Policies
01/01/21

01/01/21
Task Force to Coordinate Ecumenical & Interreligious Work
01/01/21

01/01/21
Task Force to Assist the Office of Pastoral Development
01/01/21

01/01/21
Task Force on Women, Truth and Reconciliation
01/01/21

01/01/21
Task Force on Theology of Social Justice Advocacy
01/01/21

01/01/21
Task Force on Theological Education Networking
01/01/21

01/01/21
Task Force on the Theology of Money
01/01/21

01/01/21
Task Force on Care of Creation & Environmental Racism
01/01/21

01/01/21
Task Force on New Funding for Clergy Formation
01/01/21

01/01/21
Task Force on Ministry with Individuals with Mental Illness
01/01/21

01/01/21
Task Force on Liturgical & Prayer Book Revision
01/01/21

01/01/21
Task Force on Formation & Ministry of the Baptized
01/01/21

01/01/21
Task Force on Disability & Deaf Access
01/01/21

01/01/21
Task Force on Dialogue with South Sudanese Anglican Diaspora
01/01/21

01/01/21
Task Force on Communion Across Difference
01/01/21

01/01/21
Task Force on Clergy Formation & Continuing Education
01/01/21

01/01/21
Task Force on Church Planting and Congregational Redevelopment
01/01/21

For prior years, please visit the Reports to the General Convention page maintained by the Archives of The Episcopal Church. Please contact Carrie Combs at ccombs@episcopalchurch.org with any questions about The Blue Book / El Libro Azul.