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Church Representation Rules online - contents

 

This edition states the Rules as at 1 January 2020 as amended by the following:

  • 1 September 2019 The Church Representation Rules (Amendment) Resolution 2019
  • 15 July 2020 The Church Representation Rules (Amendment) Resolution 2020
  • 15 July 2021 The Church Representation Rules (Amendment) Resolution 2021

 

Introduction

 

Part 1  Church Electoral Roll (Rules 1 to 10)

Part 2  Parish Governance (Rules 11 to 13)

Part 3  Deanery Synods (Rules 14 to 28)

Part 4  Diocesan Synods (Rules 29 to 45)

Part 5  House of Laity of the General Synod (Rules 46 to 56)

Part 6  Appeals (Rules 57 to 61I)

Part 7  Disqualification etc. (Rules 62 to 71)

Part 8  Miscellaneous (Rules 72 to 84)

Part 9  Parish Governance: Model Rules (Rules M1 to M42)

Section A: Annual Parochial Church Meeting (Rules M1 to M14)

Section B: Parochial Church Council (Rules M15 to M36)

Section C: Joint Councils (Rules M37 to M42)

Part 10: Forms

Part 11: Index

 

Supplementary Material (not forming part of the Rules)

Church wardens Measure 2001

Index

Copyright

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Saturday, 25 March 2023
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We beseech you, O Lord,
pour your grace into our hearts,
that as we have known the incarnation of your Son Jesus Christ
by the message of an angel,
so by his cross and passion
we may be brought to the glory of his resurrection;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
Amen.

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