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Report of Proceedings 2013 General Synod November Group of Sessions Report of Proceedings 2013 General Synod November Group of Sessions Volume 44 No. 2 Officers of the General Synod Presidents The Archbishop of Canterbury The Archbishop of York Prolocutors of the Lower Houses of the Convocations Canterbury York Ven. Christine Hardman Ven. Cherry Vann The House of Laity Chair Vice-Chair Dr Philip Giddings Mr Tim Hind Secretary General Mr William Fittall Clerk to the Synod Chief Legal Adviser and Registrar Dr Jacqui Philips Mr Stephen Slack Administrative Secretary to the House of Bishops Standing Counsel Mr Ross Gillson Sir Anthony Hammond KCB QC Secretary to the House of Clergy Deputy Legal Adviser Mr Jonathan Neil-Smith Revd Alexander McGregor Secretary to the House of Laity Mr Nicholas Hills Officers of the Convocations Synodical Secretary of the Convocation of Canterbury Registrar Revd Stephen Trott Mr Stephen Slack Synodal Secretary of the Convocation of York Registrar Ven. Alan Wolstencroft Mr Lionel Lennox Contents Full Synod: First Day Monday 18 November 2013 Introduction of New Members 1 Progress of Measures and Statutory Instruments 2 Presentation under SO 97 2 Report by the Business Committee 4 Challenges for the Quinquennium: Intentional Evangelism 12 Legislative Business: Draft Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 33 Draft Amending Canon No. 31 36 Draft Diocese of Leeds (Temporary Provision for Membership of Convocation and the House of Laity) Resolution 2013 38 Questions 39 Women in the Episcopate: Presentation 79 Forty-Eighth Report of the Standing Orders Committee 83 Second Day Tuesday 19 November 2013 Legislative Business Draft Care of Churches and Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction (Amendment) Measure 84 Diocesan Synod Motion: Names of Dioceses 92 Presidential Address 98 The Church School of the Future: A Report from the Board of Education 104 Legislative Business: Draft Church of England (Ecclesiastical Property) Measure 126 Draft Vacancy in See Committees (Amendment) Regulation 2013 135 Diocesan Synod Motion: Review of the Workings of the General Synod 136 Third Day Wednesday 20 November 2013 Report of the Steering Committee for the Draft Legislation on Women in the Episcopate Legislative Business: 155 Draft Bishops and Priests (Consecration and Ordination of Women) Measure 184 The Work of the Elections Review Group: Electorate for the House of Laity and Online Elections: Second Report by the Business Committee: Resumed debate 192 Farewells 216 Index 223 Full Synod: First Day Monday 18 November 2013 THE CHAIR The Archbishop of Canterbury (The Most Revd and Rt Hon Justin Welby) took the Chair at 1.45 p.m. The Prolocutor of the Lower House of the Convocation of Canterbury (Ven. Christine Hardman (Southwark)) led the Synod in prayer. Introduction of New Members The Chair: In a moment I will read out the names of the new members of the Synod. Would they please stand in their places when I mention their names and remain standing so that we can greet them all with applause at the end? The new members are: Ms Christina Baron (Bath and Wells) replacing the late Dr Cherida Stobart; Revd Mark Barker (Rochester) replacing Revd Dr John Perumbalath; Mrs Heather Black (York) replacing Mr Richard Brown; Revd Dr Hannah Cleugh (Durham and Newcastle Universities) replacing Revd Dr Miranda Threlfall-Holmes; Revd Canon Julie Conalty (Rochester) replacing Revd Canon Gordon Oliver; Ven. Michael Everitt (Blackburn) replacing Revd Peter Law-Jones; Revd Amanda Fairclough (Liverpool) replacing Revd Jacqui Stober; Revd Dr Gulnar Francis-Dehqani (Peterborough) replacing Ven. Christine Allsopp; Rt Revd Julian Henderson, the Bishop of Blackburn, replacing Rt Revd Nicholas Reade; Canon Elizabeth Holdsworth (Peterborough) replacing Dr Dennis Allsopp; Revd Paul Hutchinson (York) replacing Revd Andrew Howard; Canon Dr Adanna Lazz-Onyenobi (Manchester) replacing Mr James Townsend; Ven. Jonathan LLoyd (Europe) replacing Revd Canon Dr Gary Wilton; Revd George Newton (Guildford) replacing Ven. Julian Henderson; Revd Richard Poole (Chichester) replacing Revd Alastair Cutting; Canon John Spence (appointed) replacing Andrew Britton as Chair of the Finance Committee; Rt Revd Dr David Thomson, the Bishop of Huntingdon (Ely), replacing the Bishop of Dudley; Rt Revd David Walker, the Bishop of Manchester, replacing Rt Revd Nigel McCulloch; Revd Marcia Wall (Manchester) replacing Revd Canon Sarah Bullock. May we greet them all? (Applause) I should also mention that Rt Revd Dr David Thomson (Bishop of Huntingdon) is acting as commissary in the diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich. I will now read out the names of the bishops who are attending this group of sessions because the diocesan see is vacant. I remind members that these bishops have the right to speak but not to vote and do not form part of the quorum for the House of Bishops. That sounds like a slightly horizontal comment! Again, would they please stand in their places when I mention their names and remain standing so that we can greet them with applause together? The bishops attending this group of sessions are the Bishop of Jarrow (Rt Revd Mark Bryant) for the diocese of Durham; the Bishop of Taunton (Rt Revd Peter Maurice) for the diocese of Bath and Wells; the Suffragan Bishop in Europe (Rt Revd David Hamid) for the diocese of Gibraltar in Europe; the Bishop of Ludlow (Rt Revd Alistair McGowan) for the diocese of Hereford; and the Bishop of Warrington (Rt Revd Richard Blackburn) for the diocese of Liverpool. May we greet them all? (Applause) 1 Presentation by the Archbishop of Canterbury Monday 18 November 2013 Progress of Measures and Statutory Instruments The Chair: I am required to report to the Synod as follows: that the Clergy Discipline (Amendment) Rules 2013; the Clergy Discipline Appeal (Amendment) Rules 2013; the Ecclesiastical Judges, Legal Officers and Others (Fees) Order 2013; the Faculty Jurisdiction Rules 2013 and the Legal Officers (Annual Fees) Order 2013 have been laid before Parliament. The Dioceses of Bradford, Ripon and Leeds and Wakefield Reorganization Scheme 2013 was confirmed by Her Majesty in Council on 9 October 2013. The Archbishop of York has announced his intention that the appointed day for the purposes of the Scheme should be 20 April 2014, Easter Day. For the convenience of members, the matters I have reported will be set out in a notice paper. THE CHAIR Revd Canon Dr Rosemarie Mallett (Southwark) took the Chair at 2.05 p.m. Presentation The Archbishop of Canterbury (The Most Revd and Rt Hon Justin Welby): A few months ago the Business Committee requested the inclusion of a presentation of Archbishops’ activity to Synod, as an experiment. The activity is not an experiment; the report is the experiment! If the Synod feels it to be of no value, no doubt it will tell the Business Committee, who will discontinue us. (Laughter) The last couple of months have seen the terrible atrocities in Peshawar and Nairobi and the typhoon in the Philippines. The first was aimed at an Anglican church; the second deeply affected Anglicans, among others. I offered to visit both. The Primate of Pakistan felt that that would not be helpful in the light of the security situation at the time. I was able to get, fleetingly, to Nairobi for a condolence visit, where I had an emotional and warm welcome from Archbishop Wabukala. In the light of the terrible casualties in Peshawar, I hope that the Synod is happy if on behalf of us all I send a further message of support to our suffering sisters and brothers in Pakistan. The attacks in Pakistan are amongst many which have been afflicting Christians around the world. Many parts of the Anglican Communion are suffering greatly and the Synod will, I trust, acknowledge both the suffering and courage of many of our sister and brother Churches in places like Nigeria. The issue of how we support each other and how we understand and confront violent attacks in the light and grace of Christ is certainly one of the greatest of our age. Earlier this month I was at the World Council of Churches in Busan, South Korea. If I am being really honest (which occasionally I allow myself to be when I am in private), I confess to being surprised, having believed the propaganda about the uselessness of such events, yet being confounded by the reality of a world Church gathering seeking to express love for Christ and for each other. I shall believe less propaganda in the future. The WCC certainly has its issues of unity and coherence – who does not? – but it holds together an extraordinary diversity, united in the main by love for Jesus Christ. The last few months have seen changes in the leadership of ecumenical work. In particular, efforts to reduce costs have led to seeking to avoid overlap between Lambeth and the Council 2 Monday 18 November 2013 Presentation by the Archbishop of Canterbury of Christian Unity, with the weight of ecumenical work at Lambeth being taken by the Bishop at Lambeth together with the lead bishops for each dialogue or conversation. This development of closer working relationships is not only cost-effective but, much more importantly, is liberating a fresh impetus and imagination in ministry. In dialogue with the Catholic Church as well as very positive work in ARCIC and English ARC, there will at the end of this week be a joint bishops’ meeting, with the focus being on evangelization. One very important and major initiative can be announced today. It is not large but it is symbolically significant. For 24 years, three different Anglican orders have had sisters at Lambeth, supporting the spirituality there. This has been a gift of almost immeasurable value. Sadly, for reasons within the orders, this is no longer possible for them. Accordingly, from January a Catholic order with an ecumenical and teaching vocation will be created, initially with four members, at Lambeth.
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