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About General Synod, including brief summary of the membership and the legislative process.
The General Synod App is free to download and allows members to follow along with sessions via their smartphone, tablet or on their computer via a browser.
NEWS / People with Down’s Syndrome should be welcomed, celebrated and treated with dignity and respect, members of the Church of England’s General Synod will hear next month.
Summary of presentation on safeguarding independence and synod debate on safeguarding
General Synod to encourage whole church to mobilise.
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.
Members of the Church of England's General Synod are to meet remotely for the first time, in response to the restrictions in place because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
All relevant documents relating to the meeting of General Synod members in February 2021.
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.