TheGeneral Synod is the title of the governing body of some church organizations.
TheGeneral Synod of the Church of England, which was established in 1970 replacing theChurch Assembly, is the legislative body of theChurch of England.
The equivalent In theEpiscopal Church in the United States is theGeneral Convention.
Several other churches in theAnglican Communion also have General Synods:
TheUnited 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.
TheMissionary 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.
TheAssociate 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 theBonclarken 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 ofMexico andPakistan).
TheEvangelical Church of Augsburg and Helvetic Confession in Austria and theUnited Evangelical Lutheran Church of Germany each call their main legislative bodiesGeneralsynode. The legislative body In theEvangelical Church in Prussia was calledGeneralsynode between 1846 and 1953.
The governing body of theReformed Church in America, aCalvinist denomination in the United States and Canada, is known as the General Synod.
Kirkemøtet, the governing body of theChurch 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.
TheBatak Christian Protestant Church (BPCP), orHuria Kristen Batak Protestan (abbreviated HKBP), held a twice-a-year General Synod (Sinode Godang), to discuss about matters in HKBP, and to elect the newEphorus (or Board) for the HKBP. The first General Synod of HKBP was held in 1922.
In North America, theEvangelical Lutheran General Synod of the United States of North America, often referred to as the General Synod, was aLutheran church body that existed from 1820 to 1918.