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{{Short description|Title of the governing body of some church organizations}}
The '''General Synod''' is the title of the governing body of some church organizations. 
==Anglican Communion==
The [[General Synod of the Church of England]], which was established in 1970 replacing the [[Church Assembly (Church of England)|Church Assembly]], is the legislative body of the [[Church of England]].

The equivalent In the [[Episcopal Church of the United States|Episcopal Church in the United States]] is the [[General Convention of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America|General Convention]].

Several other churches in the [[Anglican Communion]] also have General Synods:
*[[Anglican Church of Australia]]
*[[General Synod of the Anglican Church of Canada|Anglican Church of Canada]]
*[[Church of Ireland]]
*[[Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia]]
*[[Scottish Episcopal Church]]
*[[General Synod of Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui|Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui]] (Anglican Church in Hong Kong)

==Other churches==
The [[United Church of Christ]], based in the United States, also calls its main governing body a General Synod. It meets every two years and consists of over 600 delegates from various congregations and conferences.

The [[Missionary Baptist Conference of the USA]] calls their main governing body a General Synod. It meets annually to set the theological and missional direction for the denomi-network. 

The [[Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church]] (ARP) has the General Synod as its highest church court. The ARP General Synod meets yearly and in recent years has, almost without exception, been held at the  [[Bonclarken]] in North Carolina. The delegates to the General Synod consists of the elder representatives elected from each church's session and all ministers from all presbyteries that comprise the Church (excluding ministers and elders from the independent ARP Synods of [[Mexico]] and [[Pakistan]]).

The [[Evangelical Church of Augsburg and Helvetic Confession in Austria]] and the [[United Evangelical Lutheran Church of Germany]] each call their main legislative bodies {{Lang|de|Generalsynode}}. The legislative body In the [[Evangelical Church in Prussia]]  was called {{Lang|de|Generalsynode}} between 1846 and 1953.

The governing body of the [[Reformed Church in America]], a [[Calvinism|Calvinist]] denomination in the United States and Canada, is known as the General Synod.

{{Lang|no|Kirkemøtet}}, the governing body of the [[Church of Norway]], is normally translated as General Synod. It convenes once a year, and consists of 85 representatives, of whom seven or eight are sent from each of the dioceses.

The [[Batak Christian Protestant Church]] (BPCP), or ''Huria Kristen Batak Protestan'' (abbreviated HKBP), held a twice-a-year General Synod (Sinode Godang), to discuss about matters in HKBP, and to elect the new ''Ephorus'' (or Board) for the HKBP. The first General Synod of HKBP was held in 1922.

==Other uses==
In North America, the [[Evangelical Lutheran General Synod of the United States of North America]], often referred to as the General Synod, was a [[Lutheranism|Lutheran]] church body that existed from 1820 to 1918.

==See also==
* [[Church of England#Structure|Structure of the Church of England]]
* [[List of Church of England measures]]
* [[General Assembly (Presbyterian church)]]

== External links ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20041214182700/http://www.etoile.co.uk/Speech/Inaug7thSynod2000.html Queen's Speech at inauguration of seventh General Synod]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20041112052103/http://www.cofe.anglican.org/about/gensynod/ Church of England's General Synod website]
* [http://peterowen.org.uk/articles/gsmembers.html List of current members]* [http://www.ucc.org/synod/ United Church of Christ General Synod 25 (2005)]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070202135347/http://www.arpsynod.org/government.html Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church Government]

[[Category:Anglicanism]]
[[Category:Governing assemblies of religious organizations]]