The official delegates of an association are all ordained clergy within the bounds of the association together with lay delegates sent from each local church.

Diocesan synods elect lay and clergy delegates to provincial synod.

He represented the church as a lay delegate at many annual conventions of the Episcopal Church of North Carolina.

To win the election, Bishop Grein needed 160 clergy votes and 132 votes from the lay delegates.

Each jurisdiction is represented by its bishop, two clergy delegates, and two lay delegates.

A switch of just two votes among lay delegates would have blocked the path to priesthood for women.

He remains active in Christ Church, where he is a lay delegate to diocesan conventions.

For that purpose it selected lay delegates who participated in the ordinary administration of the ecclesiastical property set aside for parochial uses.

Ministers and elected lay delegates represent their congregations in the annual convocation.

The Council is composed roughly of the Metropolitan, all bishops, priests, and selected lay delegates.