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unusual facts about General Convention



Charles V. Willie

Willie is a lay member of the Episcopal Church in the United State, a former member of its Executive Council and is a past vice president of the House of Deputies, one of two houses, with the House of Bishops, that makes up the General Convention of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America.

Episcopal Diocese of Louisiana

Rev. Leonidas Polk was appointed by the General Convention of the Episcopal Church in the United States as the first Bishop of the new Diocese.


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1871 college football season

Princeton did play several games against a Princeton Theological Seminary team in 1871, although the general convention is not to count these as official games.

Baptist General Convention of Texas

Baptist General Convention of Texas beliefs include Bible inspiration, the priesthood of the believer, the sanctity of life, the virgin birth of Christ, salvation through the death of Jesus Christ, and that Christ is the head of the church.

Clifford Phelps Morehouse

In 1932, Morehouse succeeded Frederic Cook Morehouse as editor of The Living Church He was a member of the Executive Council of the Episcopal Church, and served as President of the House of Deputies of General Convention from 1961 to 1967.

North American Lutheran Church

The North American Lutheran Church approved a resolution to seek membership at the Lutheran World Federation in their 2012 General Convention by the required majority of two thirds of the voters.

Philip Henry Muntz

The two brothers were selected as part of an eight-person delegation to represent the English Midlands at a "general convention of the industrial classes" in London, which was to present the People's Charter to parliament.