Rev. Gay Clark Jennings, current member of the Episcopal Church's Executive Council, has announced she will stand for election as president of the House of Deputies, a move which comes after current President Bonnie Anderson said last month she will not run for re-election at the upcoming General Convention.

Rev. Jennings revealed her intention on her Facebook page on Tuesday. The 77th General Convention will meet from July 5 to 12 in Indianapolis, Indiana.

"After much prayer and I ask for your support, ideas, participation and prayers," she said.

Rev. Jennings - who also serves as the associate director of the church wellness program organization The Credo Institute - indicated she also came to her decision after "many conversations with Episcopalians around the church."

She has served for the past six years as Province V's representative to the Executive Council.

Jennings said she wanted to work with leaders from across the church "to change the way we do business in the next triennium."

"I believe that God is calling us to embrace a future with no more false choices between mission and governance. No more false wars between individuals or groups. No more jockeying for turf or control," she said.

She was ordained as a priest in 1979 and is an eight-time deputy from the Diocese of Ohio. Rev Jennings lives in Ohio and is married to her husband, Albert for 35 years. She has one son. A daughter died in 2010.

The Episcopal Church is governed by a bicameral General Convention which approves church law and policy, approves programs and establishes a budget. The GC meets every three years. The Executive Council governs the church during interim years. The Convention includes the House of Bishops and the House of Deputies.