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Hard questions flew at a special session of General Synod June 28 in which members asked whether the church could get out of ...
General Synod has voted to pursue the six pathways for change recommended by a primatial commission over the next ...
UPDATE: After Synod vote, services will soon be available on a trial basis. Update (November 16, 2023): Following a nine-hour debate, the Church of England’s General Synod voted on Wednesday to ...
Church needs to ‘take seriously’ the threat of direct UK involvement in armed conflict, says Bishop to the Armed Forces ...
Almost four years after Pope Francis opened the Catholic Church's path toward synodality -- a term many in the church had never heard before -- his successor has thrown his suppo ...
on Thursday, 26 June 2025 at 3.26 pm by Peter Owen categorised as Church of England, General Synod The Church of England’s General Synod will meet in York from 11 to 15 July. The agenda and papers for ...
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One asks General Synod to experiment with consensus decision-making, rather than Roberts Rules of Order; another asks the Pastoral Formation Oversight Board to develop guidelines for welcoming ...
LONDON — The Church of England will test-run stand-alone services for blessing same-sex couples after its ruling body, the General Synod, voted to move ahead with implementing special prayers of ...
Geoffrey Tattersall, a former Church of England General Synod chair, diocesan chancellor and appeals court judge, has died. He was 77. The Church of England Diocese of Sodor and Man announced ...
On Monday, the Synod of Bishops will publish the final synodal document on how local churches can implement the Synod's ...