I was an elected member of the Church of England’s General Synod from 2010 – 2015.
Before each meeting I published on my website the agenda items that were coming up and my thoughts about them and invited people to send me their views. After the meeting I published the decisions taken and how I voted and why.
The below is a record of all those items, each link opens a pdf.
Back row: Sue Moore, Central Secretariat; Revd John Rees, Registrar; Colin Menzies, Corporation of Church House, Andreas Whittam-Smith, Church Commissioners; Anthony Sadler, Crown Appointments Commission; David Hanson, Church Commissioners; Matt Chamberlain, Church Commissioners; Sue Jones, Church Commissioners; Jonathan Neil-Smith, Central Secretariat; Revd Edward Lewis, Hospital Chaplaincies Council; Su Morgan, Human Resources; Robin Stevens, Stewardship; Sir Anthony Hammond, Standing Counsel.
4th row: Robert Wellen, Legal; Malcolm Taylor, Central Secretariat; Nick Hills, Central Secretariat; Judith Egar, Legal; Ingrid Slaughter, Legal; Judith Gracias, Legal; John Clark, Mission & Public Affairs; Canon John Hall, Education; Ven Gordon Kuhrt, Ministry.
3rd row: Rt Revd Richard Llewellin, Bishop at Lambeth; Revd Michael Kavanagh, Chaplain to Archbishop of York; William Fittall, Secretary General; Rt Revd Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury; Stephen Slack, Legal; Brian McHenry, Vice-Chair of House of Laity.
2nd row: Rt Revd David Hope, Archbishop of York; Canon Bob Baker, Prolocutor of the Convocation of Canterbury; Canon Glyn Webster, Prolocutor of Convocation of York; Dr Christina Baxter, Chair of House of Laity.
Bottom: Margaret Stevenson, Stenographer; Adrian Vincent, Central Secretariat. Photo credit: James Rosenthal, Anglican World.
2010-2015 Questions I submitted at General Synod and answers received
2010-2015 Summary of major issues of debate at General Synod
Oct 2015 General Synod election results
Sept 2015 General Synod election information
July 2015 response to the Enabling Measure consultation
July 2015 General Synod – report on the July General Synod
Feb 2015 General Synod – report on the February General Synod
Nov 2014 report on the November General Synod
July 2014 report on the July General Synod
March 2014 Guildford Diocesan Synod: church growth ideas + women bishops report
Feb 2014 report on the February General Synod
Dec 2013 Statement of Needs for the new Bishop of Guildford
Nov 2013 report on the November General Synod
Oct 2013 Parish Share: motion by Woking Deanery Synod
July 2013 report on the July General Synod
March 2013 women bishops update
November 2012 report on the November General Synod
July 2012 report on the July General Synod
– Annex: Women Bishops Working Group report 2004
June 2012 responses to the Government’s “Equal Civil Marriage” consultation
June 2012 Guildford Diocesan Synod meeting
June 2012 The Queen as Supreme Governor of the Church of England
May 2012 submission to Human Sexuality Working Group
April 2012 report on the Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans meeting
April 2012 report on difficulties within The Episcopal Church of the US
March 2012 Guildford Diocesan Synod debate on Anglican Communion Covenant
Feb 2012 report on the February General Synod
Aug 2011 submission to the Revision Committee on Eucharistic Prayers
July 2011 report of the talk by Bishop Victoria Matthews
July 2011 report on the July General Synod
June 2011 – Guildford Diocesan Synod meeting on women bishops
June 2011 response to “Civil partnerships on religious premises: a consultation”
June 2011 report from Changing Attitude talk by Bishop Tom Butler
March 2011 my talk “Women bishops – why is this such a divisive issue?”
March 2011 submission to the Elections Review Group
March 2011 question to the Guildford Diocesan Synod
Feb 2011 report on the February General Synod
Jan 2011 report to the Woking Deanery Synod
Nov 2010 report from the Guildford Diocesan Synod
Nov 2010 report on the November General Synod.
Oct 2010 report from the Reform National Conference
Oct 2010 report from the Forward in Faith National Assembly
Oct 2010 Synod election results