Latest news, updates and commentary from the Church of England.
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Church of England and the Methodist Church moving closer to unity
02/09/2013
NEWS / The Joint Implementation Commission (JIC) of the Church of England and Methodist Church in Britain has called for "Church leaders and decision-making bodies to make the Covenant a priority in order to bring our Churches closer together in mission and holiness."
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Membership of Steering Committee to prepare women bishops’ legislation
22/07/2013
NEWS / The Appointments Committee of General Synod has announced the membership of the Steering Committee to take charge of the preparation of draft legislation to enable women to become bishops.
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Bishop of Wakefield welcomes the Government's Trident Alternatives Review
17/07/2013
NEWS / Bishop of Wakefield welcomes the Government's Trident Alternatives Review
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The Bishop of Wakefield calls for prayers for Syria
11/07/2013
NEWS / The Bishop of Wakefield, the Rt Revd Stephen Platten, today encouraged Church of England parishes to join with others this weekend in praying for peace in Syria and to look at practical ways of supporting the humanitarian relief effort.
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Synod approves new Diocese of Leeds for West Yorkshire and The Dales
08/07/2013
NEWS / The General Synod has, today, approved a draft reorganisation scheme that will see the creation of a new Diocese of Leeds, serving West Yorkshire and The Dales, and replacing the current Dioceses of Bradford, Ripon and Leeds, and Wakefield.
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General Synod votes to restart the legislative process to allow women to become bishops
08/07/2013
The General Synod has reaffirmed its commitment to women bishops and called, less than a year after the previous proposals were rejected, for new draft legislation to be introduced.
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Synod supports safeguarding apology and commitment to tighten procedures
07/07/2013
General Synod voted today to acknowledge and apologise for past safeguarding wrongs. It also voted to endorse work on legislative and non-legislative changes to tighten procedures which have been identified following the Chichester Commissaries interim and final safeguarding reports.
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Archbishop issues call for church revolution
05/07/2013
The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby gave his first presidential address at General Synod in York.
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Thanking ‘Windrush generation’ for enriching UK
25/06/2013
The CofE's National Adviser for the Committee for Minority Ethnic Anglican Concerns (CMEAC) has thanked older members of the UK's African Caribbean communities for all their generation and previous ones have done to enrich life in the UK.
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Agenda for the July 2013 General Synod
14/06/2013
The General Synod meets in York on 5th - 9th July for the first time since the rejection of the draft legislation on Women Bishops last November.
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