THE General Synod voted on the Wednesday morning to ask the Ministry Development Board to develop a national strategy for “the encouragement, development and support of vocations, lay and ordained, of ...

The Synod also announced an extension of the period allowing marriages during the Christmas fasting season. As with the previous year, weddings will be permitted up to December 12.

of people from working-class backgrounds'. In the debate that followed, all members of General Synod (the church's 'parliament') supported the PMM. It was carried by an overwhelming majority ...

The SMMI grant of £11 million, announced on Saturday, covers a five-year period and will supplement the £10.9 billion already ...