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About General Synod, including brief summary of the membership and the legislative process.
A list of all of the subsidiary bodies (Committees and Commissions) of the General Synod of the Church of England.
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.
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.
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.
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.
New legislation governing Diocesan Boards of Education (DBEs), which oversee and support Church of England schools, has received final approval from General Synod.
The results of all elections of the General Synod or of its constituent Houses, from January 2022 to present. A list of all appointments made by the General Synod's Appointments Committee from January 2022 to present.
A motion calls for legislative change to address bullying by lay officers.
