Bishop's Election Timeline & Process
The Bishop's Election Process can be read in English and Spanish here.
A PDF of the timeline below can be viewed in English here and in Spanish here.
May - June
Conference Assemblies
Assemblies will be held May-June 2022
Each conference can nominate up to 5 Pre-Nominees
June 26
Synod-wide zoom prayer gathering for discernment
May - July
Post Conference Assemblies (May-July)
Committee will reach out to Pre-Nominees and send all documents to be filled out by a 2 week deadline. After receiving documents the committee will review and make sure they meet all qualifications.
August 1
All Pre-Nominees will be posted on Synod website in alphabetical order with completed documentation. You can view that here.
August 14
Committee will host a “Town Forum” style digital gathering using ‘Zoom Events’ where pre-nominees will answer three questions each. This will give all voting members an opportunity to engage the Pre-Nominees.
August 28
Synod-wide zoom prayer gathering to pray for Synod Assembly
Bishop's Election Timeline at Synod Assembly
Day 1 - Friday, September 15
First vote will be an Eccesial ballot (written). Following the ballot, the committee will run a full background, bio, and disclosure check on all candidates and place all qualified candidates on ballot 2.
Day 2 - Saturday, September 16
Morning
Second ballot with all screened candidates will be held and narrowed down to 7 top candidates plus ties. (Most likely 1st machine vote) Candidates will be given 5 minutes each to respond to one question. Saturday Third vote will be taken.
Day 2 - Saturday, September 16
Afternoon
When candidates are narrowed to final 3 (plus ties), conferences will be split into 3 rooms each room housing 3 synods. Each candidate will respond to 5 questions with a 5 minute time limit per question (total of 25 minutes.) Following the Q&R, Candidates will be escorted to the next space by a committee member. Each candidate will spend 25 minutes per room.
Day 3 - Sunday, September 17
The 4th vote will reduce candidates to 2 nominees (plus ties). Candidates will be given 5 minutes to address the gathering answering a specific question. A 5th vote will be taken until a new Bishop is elected.