SECTION 1. All Congregations in the territorial jurisdiction of this Diocese which were in union with the Convention of the parent Diocese as of the date of the formation of this Diocese, shall be in union with the Convention of the Diocese. Every Parish and every Mission, in order to be entitled to representation in the Convention, must be in union therewith, by which is meant that the Convention recognizes them as such Parish or Mission.
SECTION 2. Whenever a Parish has not, for the space of two (2) years, complied with the conditions of self-support required for its organization as a Parish as provided by these Canons, this fact shall be reported to the Bishop, Standing Committee and the Convention, and such Parish shall thereupon become a Mission in union with the Convention, unless the Bishop and a majority of the Standing Committee, after a meeting with the representative of the Parish, shall determine otherwise. The actions of the Bishop and Standing Committee shall be reported to the next Annual Convention. This status shall be reviewed every two (2) years in the same manner until the Parish has complied with the conditions of self-support required for the organization as a Parish as provided by these Canons.
SECTION 3. Whenever a Mission has not, for the space of two (2) years, complied with the conditions specified in the application to organize as a Mission as provided by these Canons, this fact shall be reported to the Bishop, Standing Committee, and the Convention, and such Mission shall thereupon become a Mission Station, unless the Bishop and a majority of the Standing Committee, after a meeting with the representative of the Mission, shall determine otherwise. The action of the Bishop and Standing Committee shall be reported to the next Annual Convention. This status shall be reviewed every two (2) years in the same manner until the Mission has complied with the conditions required for the organization as a Mission as provided by these Canons.
SECTION 4. (a) Whenever a Mission Station has not, for the space of two (2) years complied with the conditions required for its organization as a Mission Station as provided by these Canons, this fact shall be reported to the Bishop, Standing Committee and the Convention, and such Mission Station shall become extinct, unless the Bishop and a majority of the Standing Committee, after a meeting with the representative of the Mission Station, shall determine otherwise. The actions of the Bishop and Standing Committee shall be reported to the next Annual Convention. This status shall be reviewed every two (2) years in the same manner until the Mission Station has complied with the conditions required for the organization as a Mission Station as provided by these Canons.
(b) The properties of an extinct Mission Station, if any, shall become the property of the Diocese.
SECTION 5. Any Parish theretofore admitted into union with the Convention which shall have been changed to the status of a Mission as provided in these Canons, and which shall have regained its ability to function as a Parish, with prospect satisfactory to the Convention of continuance thereof, and any Parish or Mission which has been suspended from union with the Convention, or any Mission which has been changed to the status of a Mission Station, may be restored to its former status by a majority vote of the Convention, if such restoration be approved by the Bishop.