General Synod Digest: Creation of National Register for Lay Ministers agreed THE Bishop of Coventry, the Rt Revd Sophie Jelley, who is the lead bishop for lay ministries, introduced consideration on Friday afternoon of the National Ministry Register Regulations 2026. A National Register of Clergy had been created, but now ...

General Synod Digest: Creation of National Register for Lay Ministers agreed

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General Synod Digest: Motion carried on sustainable flowers in churches A MOTION from Worcester diocesan synod on sustainable church flowers was carried by the General Synod on the Thursday, despite earlier attempts by some members to have to removed from the agenda. The motion originated from the PCC of St Bartholome...

“The motion . . . rejoices in foliage in church; it rejoices in what is naturally around you — simple, natural beauty.”

General Synod Digest: Motion carried on sustainable flowers in churches

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General Synod Digest: National strategy agreed to support working-class vocations EFFORTS to remove obstacles to ministry by working-class people received a firm backing from the General Synod a year after the subject was highlighted by a private member’s motion. The Bishop of Barking, the Rt Revd Lynne Cullens (Southern Suffra...

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General Synod Digest: Link between spiritual and mental well-being recognised TACKLING mental ill-health inside and outside the Church must be regarded as a mission priority, the General Synod heard on the Wednesday morning. Introducing a motion to affirm the work already under way, including the national working group led ...

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General Synod Digest: Clergy Conduct Measure returns THE Clergy Conduct Measure (CCM) returned to the General Synod on the Tuesday morning. Given the Synod’s final approval in February 2025, it had then been deemed “not expedient” by the parliamentary Ecclesiastical Committee in October. Beginning h...

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General Synod Digest: 14 million voices are ‘crying out for hope and justice’ members hears in poverty debate THE enduring nature of poverty and the Church’s capacity to relieve it were the subject of a resumed debate on the Thursday morning. Mark Sheard (Archbishops’ Council) reminded members they were picking up a debate that ran out of time last year a...

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General Synod Digest: Bishops recount ‘twists and turns’ of Living in Love and Faith process THE many “twists and turns” of the Living in Love and Faith (LLF) journey that had led to its conclusion were the subject of a presentation on Tuesday afternoon from five bishops and the Dean of Bristol. Introducing it, the Archbishop of York, who...

‘I know many of you are feeling hurt, angry, confused, perhaps bitterly disappointed about where we are’

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