Synod related articles

Meeting moved to London after the University of York cancels summer events on campus.

Read the text of Archbishop Justin Welby's Presidential address to General Synod. 

Timetable for informal virtual meeting of General Synod members published.

The agenda and background papers for the July 2021 group of sessions of General Synod have been published.

First full in-person meeting of the Church of England’s General Synod for 18 months to take place at Church House, Westminster, from Friday July 9 to Tuesday July 13

The summer meeting of General Synod will now be held online following the Government decision to delay the lifting of Covid-19 restrictions.

The Church of England must adopt a ‘strong strategy’ to tackle racial inequality in the face of the ‘scandal’ of its failure to implement recommendations made over the years on racial justice, the General Synod heard today.

Changes to the legal aid system have left some of the most vulnerable groups in society without access to the justice system, the General Synod heard today.

The General Synod has called on the Government to allocate more money for palliative care as members voted to reaffirm the Church of England’s opposition to a change in the law on Assisted Suicide.

A detailed agenda and papers for the first meeting of the 11th General Synod of the Church of England next month have been published.