NEWS / As General Synod were advised in July 2016, the Archbishops of Canterbury and York have commissioned a theological review of the work of the Crown Nominations Commission.

Dr Hamley will serve as Secretary for Ecumenical Relations and Theology and Theological Adviser to the House of Bishops. 

The agenda and background papers for the July 2021 group of sessions of General Synod have been published.

First full in-person meeting of the Church of England’s General Synod for 18 months to take place at Church House, Westminster, from Friday July 9 to Tuesday July 13

NEWS /  The Church of England Pensions Board, together with investors with assets totalling nearly £50bn, has filed a shareholder resolution at Rio Tinto calling on the company to review and fully disclose its relationships with industry bodies.

The Church Commissioners for England today reiterated support for the climate-related shareholder resolution, filed against the board of ExxonMobil, and calls on Exxon not to block the resolution going to a vote in 2020. 

The House of Bishops met for its July meeting by Zoom.

Around 560 ordinands completing theological training next year are on course to take up posts in the Church of England in spite of the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on church finances, it was announced today.

NEWS / Teaching of Christianity in schools is set to be transformed by a new resource from the Church of England, launched today.

NEWS / Papers circulated to members of the Church of England's General Synod ahead of its July sessions in York have been published online.