Annual Diocesan Convention
The 88th Diocesan Convention of the Episcopal Diocese of Oklahoma
Diocesan Convention 2025 will be October 3rd-4th at St. Crispin's Conference Center + Camp!
Registration will open on August 8th, 2025
In recent years, we have had a diocesan theme for the year, starting with Convention. This past year, our theme was “I Have Called You Friends,” and we explored the concepts and practices of friendship with Christ and one another. At this year’s Convention, we will launch the theme “The Harvest is Plentiful” (Matthew 9:37). These words from Jesus remind us of our baptismal calling to “proclaim by word and example the Good News of God in Christ” (BCP p. 305). Our guest preacher and workshop leader will be the Reverend Deacon Carrie Boren Headington, one of the Episcopal Church’s most compelling voices in the areas of evangelism and church planting.
As always, Convention will include lively worship, inspiring and useful workshops, great food, fun and friendship at our holy ground, St. Crispin’s.
Meet our Speaker
The Reverend Deacon Carrie Boren Headington is an evangelist, apologist, justice advocate, and good news herald. Carrie’s passion is to see people come to know the abounding unconditional love of God and the abundant life found in Jesus Christ. Carrie worked closely with Presiding Bishop Michael Curry on his evangelism initiatives. She is an associate evangelist for British Evangelist Canon J.John’s Philotrust and is active in the Lausanne Movement, the Luis Palau Next-Gen Network, and is a frequent blogger writing for Christianity’s Today’s Exchange with Ed Stetzer, and The Living Church Covenant Blog. Carrie appears on My Faith Radio on Afternoons With Bill Arnold and has appeared on Daystar Television. Carrie is an adjunct professor for Fuller Theological Seminary teaching evangelism and church planting. Carrie serves as the Canon Evangelist for the Episcopal Diocese of Dallas. Carrie is also the founder of The Good News Initiative which provides resources in evangelism.
Registration
Registration will open Friday, August 8th, 2025 at 5PM. We are excited to welcome you to St. Crispin’s Conference Center + Camp for the 2025 Diocesan Convention! Please note, if you cancel within fourteen days of the event your registration is transferable to another person at the same event, but not refundable.
There are several ticket types to consider so please read this before going to the registration site.
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This ticket is for a Priest or Deacon Canonically Resident in the Diocese of Oklahoma or who is actively working in a Congregation in the Diocese under a LOA.
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These are a Congregation's elected lay delegates. This includes the head of a Diocesan Institution. If you are unsure of how many delegates your Congregation is allowed to bring, please e-mail events@epiok.org and someone will let you know.
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These are a Congregation’s elected lay alternates.
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We are making Guest Tickets available in limited quantities. If you are a registered guest, you may not stay on campus but are welcome to stay off campus. We want to ensure ample housing for elected delegates representing their Congregations.
If you are unsure of how to register your congregation or need a mobility accommodation, please email events@epiok.org or call 405-437-0482.
Convention Schedule
Friday, October 3, 2025
8:00 am Check-in
10:15 am Convention Eucharist
11:45 am Lunch
1:15-2:15 pm Workshops
2:30-3:30 pm Workshops
3:45-4:45 pm Outdoor or Sabbath Time
5:00 pm. Cocktail Hour
6:00 pm Dinner
7:15 pm Bishop’s Address
9:00 pm Compline at the Rec Hall
Saturday, October 4, 2025
8:00 am Breakfast
9:00 am Morning Worship
9:20 am Convention Called to Order
12:00 pm Lunch
Workshops
We are excited to offer a variety of engaging workshops, along with outdoor and Sabbath-time activities!
Join us for sessions led by our special guest speaker, the Rev. Deacon Carrie Boren Headington, as well as John Mark Hart, Lead Pastor at Redemption Church OKC, our newly appointed Archdeacon, Bert Bibens, and more.
Stay tuned for workshop descriptions and programming—coming soon!
Lay Delegates
Each Mission or Parish is entitled to a certain number of lay delegate representation each year at Diocesan Convention. These numbers are determined by our Diocesan Canon 2.2.1. The Canons of the Diocese of Oklahoma state: 2.2.1. The Lay Delegates. (a) Each Parish is entitled to two Lay Delegates and an additional Lay Delegate for every 100 Communicants or major fraction thereof after the first 100.
No Parish is entitled to more than ten Lay Delegates. Each Mission is entitled to one Lay Delegate and an additional Lay Delegate for every 50 Communicants or a major fraction thereof after the first 50. No Mission is entitled to more than three Lay Delegates. The numeration of Communicants is based on the Annual Parochial Reports of the Parishes and Missions for the preceding year.
If you have questions about Lay or Clergy Delegates, please contact: Diocesan Registrar Lesli Graft at lgraft@epiok.org or 405-437-0482. If you would like to know how many lay delegates your church is entitled to the list is below.
Questions about convention? Please email events@epiok.org or call 405-232-4820.
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