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(4) The person who is the member of a deanery synod under paragraph (1)(f) – (a) is chosen every three years, and (b) holds office for a term of three years beginning with the next 1 July following the date when the choice is made.
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The Church of England believes in the “threefold order of ministry”, which means there are three types of clergy: deacons, priests and bishops. You can be a priest only once you have been ordained a deacon, and you can only become a bishop only if you have been ordained a priest. Deacons are the first rung on the ladder. They can use the title Reve...
Parish The smallest geographical sub-division in the C of E. The whole of England is divided into about 12,500 parishes. Each parish has its own church (occasionally more than one), and has a priest who is responsible for arranging regular services. With more than 16,000 churches, the Church has rarely had enough clergy to give every parish its own...
Liturgy The general name for the form of worship in a service including formal written prayers, readings, and other calls and responses which make up the bulk of a traditional Anglican service. It is foundational for Anglo-Catholics. Most Anglican worship uses liturgy in one form or another apart from the most informal services. Holy communion/the ...
Anglo-Catholic One of the three main groups in the C of E. Anglo-Catholics are so called because they combine Anglicanism with more Roman Catholic traditions and style. They prefer more formal services, with choral music and organs, clergy in robes, incense and bells. They tend to emphasise the tradition of the Church very highly, although in terms...
The Church of England’s calendar is divided into seasons, grouped around important Christian festivals. The traditional beginning is Advent, which starts four Sundays before Christmas at the beginning of December. Then Christmas season begins on the 25 December and runs until 5 January. Epiphany begins on 6 January (it commemorates when the Wise Me...
General synod Effectively the parliament of the Church of England, it meets two or three times a year to pass new laws, scrutinise the national Church leadership and discuss other matters. It is divided into three houses: laity, clergy and bishops. The House of Laity is about 150 people, elected on five-year terms from each diocese, depending on po...
Canon law Canon law is basically the rule book of the C of E, comprising the current ecclesiastical law. Canon Law can be changed only by the general synod and for liturgical changes and doctrinal changes such as the ordination of women bishops, with the agreement of parliament. Consistory courts Each diocese has a consistory court which can hear c...
- Revision of church electoral roll and preparation of new roll. The provisions relating to the revision of church electoral rolls and the preparation of new rolls in Part 1 are simplified.
- Annual meeting. The annual parochial church meeting may now be held between 1 January and 31 May (rather than 30 April): see rule M1. The annual meeting no longer appoints sidesmen; they are now appointed by the PCC: see rule M6(6).
- Parochial church councils – ensuring lay majority. Lay members of a PCC cannot be outnumbered by clerical members: see rule M15(2). A meeting of the PCC is quorate only if the majority of members present are lay: see rule M27(2).
- Parochial church councils – meetings. The Rules no longer specify a minimum number of PCC meetings which must be held each year. Instead, the PCC is required to hold a sufficient number of meetings to enable the efficient transaction of its business: see rule 23(1).
36 (1) A clerk in Holy Orders who is a member of a deanery synod is qualified for election by the house of clergy of that deanery synod as a member of the diocesan synod. (2) A clerk in Holy Orders may not stand for election by more than one deanery synod.
Diocesan Synod is made up of three Houses – that is, three sets of members: the bishops, the other clerical members, and the laity (i.e. the non-clerical members). These are referred to as the House of Bishops, the House of Clergy, and the House of Laity.
In the Church of England, a Deanery Synod is a gathering convened by the Area Dean and/or the Joint Lay Chair of the Deanery Synod. It consists of all clergy licensed to a benefice within the deanery, plus elected lay members.
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Although a newly elected Deanery Synod representative would only take up their position on the Synod from 1 st July, they are however immediately a member ex- officio of their parish PCC following their election.
