Bingham Joins Convention Staff
Episcopal News Service. May 31, 1984 [84115]
NEW YORK (DPS, May 1) -- The Rev. Canon James G. Bingham has been named assistant secretary of General Convention.
As assistant secretary, Bingham is responsible for legislative journals and dockets and serves as editorial and production supervisor for General Convention materials and reports. He reports directly to the secretary and executive officer of General Convention, the Rev. Canon James R. Gundrum and also assists Gundrum in interpreting the Constitution and Canons of the Episcopal Church.
The office also coordinates the work of the Convention's committees, commissions, boards and agencies, provides staff support to the House of Bishops and oversees the Convention manager's office.
Much of the work of the office is computerized, and Gundrum cited Bingham's recent experience in helping to develop the computer network of the diocese of Maryland in making the appointment. Bingham has been canon to the ordinary for communication in Maryland for the last three years.
A native of Kentucky, Bingham studied at the Virginia Military Institute and received his A.B. degree from West Virginia University. He earned his M.Div. degree from the School of Theology of the University of the South and an M.A. from Harvard. He has also studied at General Theological Seminary and Andover-Newton Theological School.
Bingham began his career as a minister of the American Baptist Convention serving a church in Seekonk, Mass. He worked briefly for the National Council of Churches, and, while studying for his M.Div., served as a lay minister at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church in Morganton, N.C. After his ordination in 1970, he became vicar of that church, a post he held for seven years. He then spent three years as communication director for the Appalachian People's Service Organization.
Before going to Maryland, he was assistant to the bishop of Southern Virginia for small churches, college work and special ministries. He was a member of the board of the University of the South, on the General Convention staff in 1973 and 1976 and has held a number of diocesan, civic and academic appointments. He succeeds the Rev. David Seger.