General Convention 2024

The Episcopal Church’s General Convention is held every three years to consider the legislative business of the church. General Convention is the bicameral governing body of the church, comprised of the House of Bishops, with upwards of 200 active and retired bishops, and the House of Deputies, with clergy and lay deputies elected from the 109 dioceses and three regional areas of the church, at more than 800 members. Between conventions, the General Convention continues to work through its committees and commissions.  The Executive Council of the Episcopal Church carries out the programs and policies adopted by General Convention.

The 81st General Convention (GC81) will take place June 23 - 28, 2024 in Louisville, Kentucky.

Want to know what’s happening?

Deputy Margaret Porter will be blogging regularly from GC81. Read her posts here.

Director of Communications Susan Sherrill Axelrod will also be in Louisville beginning Tuesday, June 24 to capture the news and excitement on social media. Follow us on Facebook and Instagram for the latest updates—including the election of the new presiding bishop on June 26, and find all the convention-related news releases from The Episcopal Church here. 

Episcopal Church of NH Deputies to General Convention

At the annual session of Convention prior to the year preceding the year in which the General Convention is to meet, Convention elects clergy persons and lay persons to serve as deputies and alternate deputies to General Convention. The clerical deputies shall be priests or deacons canonically resident in this diocese, and the lay deputies shall be adult confirmed communicants of a congregation in this diocese. No fewer than eight clergy persons and eight lay persons shall be nominated. Elected nominees shall be seated in order of the number of votes received, with the four highest named as deputies, and the next four as alternates. Deputies and alternate deputies shall be elected to three-year terms and may be elected to successive terms.

The 2024 deputies are:

LAY

  • Benge Ambrogi

  • Sarah Ambrogi

  • Margaret Porter

  • Bobbie Beavers

  • Alternate: Rita Mac Auslan

CLERGY

  • Jason Wells

  • Kate Harmon Siberine

  • Kelly Sundberg Seaman

  • Alanna Van Antwerpen

  • Alternates: Gail Avery, Jane Van Zandt

Bishop Rob Hirschfeld