Synodical Government in the Church of England


Book Description

This report presents a review of the late-1990s system of synodical government - its rationale, effectiveness, style and operation. It makes a range of recommendations concerning synodical government at the Parish, deanery, diocesan, provincial and national levels.













A Prayer Book for Australia


Book Description

Content: Sunday Services, The Liturgical Psalter, Daily Prayer, The Church¿s Year, Pastoral Services, The Ordinal, Supplementary Material.




Church Representation Rules 2020 (Revised Reprint 2021)


Book Description

Church Representation Rules is a vital tool for all those involved in parochial, diocesan and national Church governance. This Revised Reprint includes amendments made by the following enactments passed since the 2020 edition was first published: the Church Representation Rules (Amendment) Resolution 2019, the Church Representation Rules (Amendment) Resolution 2020 and the Church Representation Rules (Amendment) Resolution 2021. The 2020 edition presents an entirely new text of the Church Representation Rules, replacing the previous Rules established in 1969 and amended numerous times over the following fifty years. It aims to simplify local church governance and enable parishes to adapt the rules to best serve ministry and mission in their contexts. In addition, the Rules are also designed: • to be compliant with recent data protection legislation • to provide for electronic communication • to ensure better representation of mission initiatives in the Church’s structures • to enable PCCs to do business by correspondence. This volume includes a full introduction to the Rules and explanatory notes highlighting the new provisions together with a comprehensive index.




Church Representation Rules


Book Description

The essential handbook for everyone in church governance at any level, this new edition has been updated to reflect the changes to the church representation rules since 2006. An essential purchase for all clergy, churchwardens, PCC and synod members.




Canons of the Church of England 8th Edition


Book Description

The Canons of the Church of England 8th edition provides a comprehensive and essential guide to all the legal aspects of running a church, including: • The approved forms of services and service books • Orders of ministry • Doctrines of the Church of England • Government of the Church of England • Legal requirements relating to baptism, marriage and funerals • The role and responsibilities of Churchwardens and PCCs • Church property maintainence • Record keeping • Other uses of church buildings e.g. for entertainment • The admission of children to communion • Synods • The Ecclesiastical courts • Clergy housing • The admission and licensing of lay workers An essential reference companion and guide for all clergy, churchwardens, synod members and all involved in diocesan and national church governance.




Church Representation Rules 2022


Book Description

Church Representation Rules is a vital tool for all those involved in parochial, diocesan and national Church governance. This 2022 edition incorporates the contents of the four Amendment Resolutions (2019-2022) passed since the 2020 edition was published. These include rules governing mission initiatives, online voting, term limits and more. The Rules aim to simplify local church governance and enable parishes to adapt the rules to best serve ministry and mission in their contexts. They cover aspects of local church governance including: * the formation and revision of the electoral roll; * the minimum qualifying age for election to the Parochial Church Council or the deanery synod and methods of voting at the Annual Parochial Church Meetings; * chairmanship of the Parochial Church Council and the number and term of office of its lay members; * membership of deanery and diocesan synods and how the number of lay members to be elected to them is calculated; * membership of, and elections to, the House of Laity of the General Synod.