Analysis of various reports produced by and for the General Synod of the Church of England.

July 2009 (Agenda)

• ARCIC - Life in Christ - to be discussed by members in small groups (there is no formal debate)

February 2009 (Agenda)

• ARCIC - Church As Communion - debate on a FOAG briefing paper on the ARCIC report.
• Draft legislation to consecrate women as bishops

July 2008 (Agenda)

• Manchester Group Report - Women Bishops legislative drafting options
• Clergy Terms of Sevice - Final Approval for the Measure
• Women Bishops - issues before the General Synod on Monday

February 2008 (Agenda)

• Clergy Terms of Service - revision stage of draft legislation
• Transfer of Parsonages - letter to Charity Commission in relation to Clergy Terms proposal to transfer parsonages
• Crown Appointments - to reduce role of Prime Minister

July 2007 (Agenda)

• Anglican Covenant - resolution to approve work on the principal of a Covenant and a process to respond to the draft.
• Senior Appointments - the work of the Pilling commission on the appointment of Suffragan Bishops, Archdeacons, Deans and Residentiary Canons.

February 2007 (Agenda)

• Draft Ecclesiastical Offices (Terms of Service) Measure - replacing freehold and transfering clergy houses
• Homosexuality - Private Member's Motion - to endorse and encourage homosexual immorality
• Civil Partnerships - Private Member's Motion asking for the House of Bishops advice to be revisited.

November 2006 - no meeting

• Domestic Abuse - Harmful theology

July 2006 (Agenda)

• Women Bishops - two debates and various papers

• Further Education - encouraging students to reject Christ

• Marriage Measure  - who should be able to marry in a parish  church?
• Clergy Terms of Service - freehold under threat by John Masding

February 2006 (Agenda)

• Into the New Quinquennium (GS1607) - synod business and work of national bodies for next five years.

• Women Bishops - Guildford Report (GS1605)

• Ecumenical responses to the Rochester report on Women Bishops (GSMisc807)

November 2005

• Dioceses, Pastoral and Mission Measure

• Admission of Children to Communion

• Clergy Terms of Service - Freehold of Property

July 2005

• Clergy Terms of Service (May 2005) Freehold and the Church of England plc - article

February 2005

• Rochester Commission Report on Women Bishops (February 2005)

• Mission Shaped Church. Brief summary and evaluation of this report. Cross†Way Extra Article

• Gift of Authority Moton before Synod (February 2004)

Text of motion and comment from Church Society

See also the ARCIC issues page

• Ordinal (Liturgical revision) (2004)

See Cross†Way article on the Revised Ordinal

Older

• Some Issues in Human Sexuality (2003) Cross†Way Article

• Being Human (2003) - Doctrine Commission Report

• Structure and Funding of Ordination Training (2002)

Training for What? - Cross†Way Article