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NEWS / General Synod July 2016 sessions: Friday.
New legislation governing Diocesan Boards of Education (DBEs), which oversee and support Church of England schools, has received final approval from General Synod.
All relevant information, documents and papers for the February 2019 Group of Sessions.
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.
All relevant information, documents and papers for the July 2014 Group of Sessions.
All relevant information, documents and papers for the February 2020 Group of Sessions.
A detailed agenda and papers for the first meeting of the 11th General Synod of the Church of England next month have been published.
The Church of England is looking at options including a possible change in the law to enable the General Synod to meet remotely, in response to the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic.
The General Synod voted today to apologise for racism experienced by black and minority ethnic people in the Church of England since the arrival of the Windrush generation.
All relevant information, documents and papers for the July 2022 Group of Sessions.