General Synod

By Colin Podmore I fight to keep the church broad and tolerant, to enable traditional Christians not just to remain but to flourish.

Prudence Dailey, Mark Chapman, and Andrew Goddard reflect on General Synod’s vote regarding women in the episcopate.

By John Martin The Church of England’s House of Bishops will meet in emergency session early Wednesday to consider next steps on women in the episcopate.

By John Martin. After the July sessions of its General Synod in York the Church of England remains in limbo on women in the episcopate.

By John Martin After the July sessions of its General Synod in York the Church of England remains in limbo on women in the episcopate.

The Covenant was designed as a ‘web of mutuality’ across the Anglican Communion: a balance of provincial autonomy with worldwide interdependence and accountability.

Today Diarmaid MacCulloch’s writing has been shown to be selective, speculative, tendentious and agenda-ridden.

By Andrew Goddard. It is now clear that less than half the dioceses of the Church of England will agree, in both their house of clergy and house of laity, to “approve the draft Act of Synod adopting the Anglican Communion Covenant”. This article attempts to map out some of the ramifications of this development.

Enough dioceses have now rejected the Covenant to prevent its further consideration by General Synod during its present term. This doesn’t mean the Covenant is dead either in the Church of England or in the wider communion.

By John Martin In the matter of deciding whether women should be appointed as bishops, the Church of England is engaged in a process with all the hallmarks of a Phony War.