A Word to the Church from the Council of General Synod

The Council of General Synod (CoGS) met from November 7-10, 2019 at the Queen of Apostles Renewal Centre in Mississauga. The primate, Archbishop Linda Nicholls, was in the chair throughout the meeting. This was the first meeting of Council following General Synod, and the first for the primate in her new role. Council was invited to engage in a process of seeking “the sense of the meeting” (often referred to as “consensus decision-making”), as an alternative to divisive decision-making processes. This continues work done in the Council beginning in 2007. The process in place asks participants to work as a team towards decisions that represent, as much as possible, a shared sense of the good of the church in its ministry...[more].