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NEWS / General Synod commits to action on Estates Evangelism
The Church of England needs many more leaders from working class backgrounds and deprived communities, the General Synod has heard, in a debate where members voted to redouble efforts to establish churches on housing estates.
General Synod members gave unanimous backing to a Estates Evangelism Motion (tabled by Bishop Philip North) committing to redouble efforts to establish churches on housing estates.
General Synod backs expansion of new forms of church gatherings.
NEWS / The Church of England is “coming back” to the estates
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NEWS / The General Synod has given its overwhelming backing to work by parishes and dioceses to support the resettlement of vulnerable Syrian refugees, in a debate focusing on the humanitarian response to the migrant crisis.
NEWS / Private member's motion approved
NEWS / General Synod backs ban on conversion therapy.