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Synod members to be sounded out over future of parochial fees

GIVEN a “significant difference of opinion” in the General Synod over the setting of parochial fees, the Archbishops’ Council has scheduled a fringe meeting to explore possible ways forward

01 Jul 2025

Get prepared for war, General Synod is to be told next month

THE General Synod’s Business Committee has “laid on a very busy group of sessions” for July, the Synod’s secretary-general, William Nye, said on Thursday, as the full agenda was published

27 Jun 2025

Parishes proud of Pride, despite abuse

PRIDE flags and other symbols of LGBTQ-inclusivity have been damaged or stolen at several churches around the UK in recent weeks, during “Pride Month”. It comes amid a broader pattern of

27 Jun 2025

Shrink grants in favour of funding parish clergy, Bishop of Hereford urges Church Commissioners

12 Jun 2025

Lead bishops ‘troubled’ by funding cut to racial-justice work

11 Jun 2025

Next Archbishop of Canterbury should ‘speak honestly about Church’s failures’

09 Jun 2025

Church Commissioners hit back at critics of slavery research

06 Jun 2025

What will the General Synod debate in July?

16 May 2025

Leader comment: Two Churches

16 May 2025

Motion to restore clergy pension benefit to 1997 level to be debated at July Synod

15 May 2025

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24 Apr 2025

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01 Apr 2025

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Synod members to be sounded out over future of parochial fees

Get prepared for war, General Synod is to be told next month

Parishes proud of Pride, despite abuse

Shrink grants in favour of funding parish clergy, Bishop of Hereford urges Church Commissioners

Lead bishops ‘troubled’ by funding cut to racial-justice work

Next Archbishop of Canterbury should ‘speak honestly about Church’s failures’

Church Commissioners hit back at critics of slavery research

What will the General Synod debate in July?

Leader comment: Two Churches

Motion to restore clergy pension benefit to 1997 level to be debated at July Synod

Grant funding of £3.2 million to advise churches on using land for housing

Women and the Church (WATCH) launches campaign to abolish the Five Guiding Principles

Most Popular

St Paul’s Cathedral and London diocese tighten policy on prebendaries

Retired clergy ‘keeping the show on the road’

Archbishop of Wales steps down, with immediate effect

Bishop of Leicester denies accusing stalking victim of ‘witchcraft’

RC priest’s refusal to give communion to MP after assisted-dying vote ‘utterly disrespectful’

‘With a heavy heart’ Bishop of Leicester steps down as lead on Living in Love and Faith

New C of E booklet invites the faithful to explore the Nicene Creed

Archbishop of York and RC Bishop of Middlesborough make ecumenical pilgrimage

St Paul’s Cathedral and London diocese tighten policy on prebendaries

Bishop Butler among seven clerics to face disciplinary action over Makin review

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