Thinking Anglicans

General Synod Papers – February 2025

on Thursday, 23 January 2025 at 3.17 pm by Peter Owen
categorised as Church of England, General Synod

The Church of England’s General Synod will meet in London from 10 to 14 February. The agenda and papers for the meeting were released today.

• Outline of Business
• GS 2374 Agenda
• GS 2375 Report from the Business Committee [a helpful guide to the business before Synod]

There are links to the papers below the fold, grouped by the day on which they are due to be debated. There are also a number of GS Misc papers and items of deemed and contingency business.

Monday, 10 February

• GS 2375 Report from the Business Committee
• GS 2376 Makin Review

Tuesday, 11 February

• GS 2369 Safeguarding (Clergy Risk Assessment) Regulations 2025
• GS 2369X Explanatory Notes  Safeguarding (Clergy Risk Assessment) Regulations 2025
• GS 2377 Racial Justice
• GS 2378 Future of Church Safeguarding
• GS 2379 Report of the Crown Nominations Commission
• GS 2380 Diocesan Finances Review Update
• GS 2381 Sports and Wellbeing Ministry

Wednesday, 12 February

• GS 2311B Clergy Conduct Measure
• GS 2311Z Clergy Conduct Measure Report by the Steering Committee
• GS 2311X3 Explanatory Notes Clergy Conduct Measure
• GS 2382A  Private Members Motion on Strategy For Working Class Ministry
• GS 2382B Secretary General Strategy For Working Class Ministry
• GS 2383 Appointment of a member of the Archbishops’ Council
• GS 2384 Legal Officers (Annual Fees) Order 2025 Fee Order 2025
• GS 2384X Explanatory Note Legal Officers (Annual Fees) Order 2025 Fee Order 2025

Thursday, 13 February

• GS 2360A National Church Governance Measure
• GS 2360Y National Church Governance Measure Report by the Revision Committee
• GS 2360X2 Explanatory Notes National Church Governance Measure
• GS 2385  Growing Younger and More Diverse’ – Hearing and Responding to the Voices of Young Adults
• GS 2386 Living in Love and Faith
• GS 2387 65th Report of The Standing Orders Committee
• GS 2388 Church Representation Rules
• GS 2389 House of Bishops Election Rules
• GS 2390 House of Clergy Election Rules
• GS 2391 House of Laity Election Rules
• GS 2392 Single Transferable Vote Regulations
• GS 2388/2389-91X Explanatory notes Church Representation & Election Rules
• GS 2393 Thy Kingdom Come renewing the call to prayer in evangelism and mission

Friday, 14 February

• GS 2394 Mission and Pastoral Measure
• GS 2394P Policy paper Mission and Pastoral Measure
• GS 2395 Mission and Pastoral Regulations
• GS 2394-5X   Explanatory notes Mission and Pastoral Measure and Regulations
• GS 2396A Redistribution of Funds
• GS 2396B Secretary General Redistribution of Funds
• GS 2397 Vacancy in See Committees Regulation 2025
• GS 2397X Explanatory Notes Vacancy in See Committees Regulation 2025
• GS 2398 Pattern of Future Meeting dates 2027-2029

Other information

• GS 2399 66th Report of The Standing Orders Committee

GS Misc Papers

• GS Misc 1393 Report on the work of the House of Bishops
• GS Misc 1394 Report on the activities of the Archbishops’ Council
• GS Misc 1395 Recent Appointments by the Appointments Committee
• GS Misc 1396 Number of times spoken July 2024
• GS Misc 1397 National Burial Ground Survey
• GS Misc 1398 The work of the Council for Christian Unity
• GS Misc 1399 The 52nd Report of the Central Stipends Authority
• GS Misc 1400 Dioceses Commission Annual Report 2024
• GS Misc 1401 Summary of Decisions for the 2021-2026 Quinquennium
• GS Misc 1402 Response to Scolding Review
• GS Misc 1403  Trust and Trustworthiness within The Church of England January 2025 Update
• GS Misc 1404 Ecumenical Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church
• GS Misc 1405 Update from the Legislative Reform Committee
• GS Misc 1406 – A Report from the Faith and Order Commission
• GS Misc 1407 Part Report from Episcopal Reference Group
• GS Misc 1408 The Use of the Nicene Creed
• GS Misc 1409 Local Commemorations

Deemed and Contingency Business

• GS 2371A To Add confirmation numbers to Statistics for Mission
• GS 2371B Secretary General Add confirmation numbers to Statistics for Mission
• GS 2372 Safeguarding Codes of Practice: Managing Allegations and Reporting Allegations
• GS 2373 Safeguarding Codes of Practice: Religious Communities and Acknowledged Communities

Notice Papers

• NP01 – Deadlines
• NP03 – Security