2026 Manifesto for General Synod
Today at St Bart’s in London, Save the Parish Chairman, Marcus Walker, launched our 2026 Manifesto for General Synod.
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General Synod February 2026: They’re Speaking Our Language, But How Are They Spending Our Money?
The Church of England’s General Synod met in London last week for its February group of sessions, the first under the presidency of the new Archbishop of Canterbury, Sarah Mullally. Here’s our report from the sessions.
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General Synod Voting List
The voting lists from General Synod are now available so you can see how bishops and clergy voted on the Bishop of Sheffield’s amendment concerning finances.
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What happened at General Synod
Marcus Walker reports back from General Synod and the all important vote.
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Diocesan Finances Review Update 2025
At the February 2025 General Synod, Carl Hughes, the Chair of the Archbishops’ Council Finance Committee, gave an update on the Diocesan Finances Review.
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A Win at General Synod
The Reverend Marcus Walker reports back on the important vote that took place at General Synod last week which will put parishes back at the top of the Church of England’s spending criteria
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Parish funding could be cut
In Emma Thompson’s column for The Times this week, she reminds us of the core purpose of the fund now managed by the Church Commissioners and its theological underpinning, in light the General Synod debate this week to reform how funding is used.
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Church parishes are on the verge of being lost for good
REPORT ON JULY 2023 GENERAL SYNOD by Emma Thompson This article published in the Daily Telegraph on 20 July 2023 https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/07/20/church-parishes-are-on-the-verge-of-being-lost-for-good/ is a cut version of the report below: The CofE’s…
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DT article: Church parishes are on the verge of being lost for good
The day before Synod, the “Save The Parish” (STP) movement held a conference reasserting the value of parish churches “in action” in local communities. Senior Church representatives joined over 100…
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General Synod digest: Mission and Pastoral Measure ‘to provide conversations and consultation’
Jonathan Baird (Salisbury) said that there was “one impressive thing about this report: it has rather attractive coloured photographs.” He noted that 1600 people had responded to the consultation, about…
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General Synod digest: Parish system ‘the central component’ of Church’s ecology
The Synod (e) encourage each parish and diocese to support a process of local missionaldiscernment (Mission Action Planning) to enable greater effectiveness in parochialmission and put a plan in place…
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Letters to the Editor | Church Times
Is General Synod just a talking shop? Should its members be discussing the general direction of the Church of England rather than being asked to listen to the latest trends…
