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All the relevant information, documents and papers for the July 2026 Group of Sessions in York.
Watch the live stream of the General Synod of the Church of England.
Tributes have been paid to Geoffrey Tattersall KC, a Chair of the General Synod and former Diocesan Chancellor, who has died aged 77.
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.
The General Synod has given overwhelming backing to new guidance which will help Church of England congregations to share mission and ministry more easily with a range of churches in their areas.
NEWS / General Synod February Group of Sessions 2017: Thursday.
The General Synod has rejected moves to end the legal requirement to read banns for couples intending to marry in church services.
The Church of England's law and guidance on marriage should be interpreted to provide "maximum freedom" for gay and lesbian people without changing the Church's doctrine of marriage itself, bishops are recommending.
NEWS / General Synod July 2016 sessions: Friday.
Read Archbishop Stephen's address to the July meeting of General Synod 2024.
NEWS / A summary of business done at General Synod February 2016 sessions on Tuesday 16th February
Papers circulated to members of the Church of England's General Synod ahead of its July sessions in York have been published online.
