Press releases
CofE ministry playing vital role in every community, show latest stats
18/10/2013
NEWS / Ministry Statistics for 2012, published today by the Research and Statistics Division of the Archbishops' Council, show a change in patterns of ministry over the past 10 years with numbers remaining largely constant.
2 min readFour more female representatives to House of Bishops Elected
17/10/2013
NEWS / Further results from the elections for female representatives to attend the House of Bishops have been announced. At its meeting of 7 February 2013 the House of Bishops decided that eight senior women clergy, elected regionally, will participate in all meetings of the House until such time as there are six female Bishops who will sit as of right.
2 min readPilgrim – new discipleship course for all
01/10/2013
NEWS / A new Christian discipleship course for church congregations and groups of all traditions has been published today - the first time a national course has been commissioned by the House of Bishops.
2 min readSecond Church Estates Commissioner welcomes Scrap Metal Bill becoming law
01/10/2013
NEWS / In a Church of England interview published today Sir Tony Baldry MP explains what the new Bill will mean.
1 min readFirst Female Representatives to House of Bishops Elected
26/09/2013
NEWS / The results of the first elections for female representatives to attend the House of Bishops have been announced.
1 min readNew Bishop of Durham announced
12/09/2013
NEWS / The Queen has approved the nomination of the Rt Revd Paul Butler, Bishop of Southwell and Nottingham.
1 min readFirst meeting of Women Bishops steering committee
06/09/2013
NEWS / The first meeting of the women Bishops steering committee set up after the General Synod debate in July 2013 took place on 5th and 6th September in Coventry.
1 min readChurch 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 |9999999998|Church leaders and decision-making bodies to make the Covenant a priority in order to bring our Churches closer together in mission and holiness.|9999999998|
4 min readMembership 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.
2 min readBishop 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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