A variety of other commissions and committees support the work of the diocese, most in a non-governance capacity.  Some are canonical bodies, i.e. chartered via a canon in the Constitution and Canons, and others are non-canonical.

Canonical Bodies (chartered via a Canon in the Constitution and Canons):

• Board of Trustees/Diocesan Corporation
• Commission on Children and Youth
• Commission on Ministry
• Committee on Constitution and Canons
• Committee on Vitality and Growth
• Department of Higher Education
• Department of Missions (formerly DIEM)
• Diocesan Review Committee (DRC) - see Canon on Ecclesiastical Discipline
• Ecclesiastical Trial Court - see Canon on Ecclesiastical Discipline
• Finance and Stewardship Committee (Finance Committee)
• Program Committee
• Standing Committee

Non-canonical Commissions and Committees:

• Board of Examining Chaplains
• Commission on Prophetic Witness to Technology and Culture
• Commission on Small Congregations
• Commission on Stewardship - contact The Rev. Barry Turner
• Peace and Justice Commission (inactive)
• Personnel Commission - contact Nancy Cohen
• Restorative Justice Commission (inactive)
  (including information on Jail Chaplancies)

Obsolete Commissions and Committees:

• Commission on Congregational Vitalization and Life (Church Planting) - dissolved by Convention, October 29, 2005
• Commission on Lay Ministry - dissolved by Convention, October 29, 2005
• Diocesan Evaluation and Structure Committee (DESC)
• Diocesan Council
• Executive Committee
• Joint Process Committee
• Peace and Justice Commission
• Strategic Planning Commission (dissolved by Convention October 29, 2005)

Legally separate from the diocese:

• El Camino Real Foundation