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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.
About General Synod, including brief summary of the membership and the legislative process.
Recommendations would reduce the number of National Church Institutions
The General Synod of The Church of England has approved legislation following the Archbishop’s Commission on the relationship of the Channel Islands to the wider Church of England.
NEWS / The General Synod has today enacted the measure enabling women to be ordained as Bishops in the Church of England.
A motion calls for legislative change to address bullying by lay officers.
The General Synod today called on the Government to end the ‘cruel’ experience of so-called ‘pauper' funerals in a debate where members heard of the plight of those unable to afford funeral costs.
The Church of England’s General Synod has called for a change to the canons governing the impediment to ordination after divorce.
General Synod has thanked the authors of a report proposing possible changes to the governance structures of the Church of England’s National Church Institutions.
New legislation governing Diocesan Boards of Education (DBEs), which oversee and support Church of England schools, has received final approval from General Synod.
