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:

Reports to the 80th General Convention of The Episcopal Church, Volume 1

Reports to the 80th General Convention of The Episcopal Church, Volume 2

Reports to the 80th General Convention of The Episcopal Church, Volume 3

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:

Purchase a print copy of Volume 1

Purchase a print copy of Volume 2

Purchase a print copy of Volume 3

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

Individual Reports

To view additional information, click the blue + plus sign next to each category.

Supplemental Reports

Date

Info

Content

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

Content

01/01/21

Preface and Acknowledgements

01/01/21

Executive Council

Date

Info

Content

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

Content

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

Content

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

Content

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

Content

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

Content

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

Content

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

Content

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.