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    Feb 11, 2020
    (thread) The motion, as amended and passed, by Synod is: That this Synod, commemorating in 2018 the martyrdom of the Revd Dr Martin Luther King Jr, noting with joy the 70th anniversary of the arrival of the Empire Windrush liner in the United Kingdom in June 1948 bringing nearly
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    a) lament, on behalf of Christ's Church, and apologises for the conscious and unconscious racism experienced by countless Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) Anglicans in 1948 and subsequent years, when seeking to find a spiritual home in their local Church of England parish
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    500 Commonwealth citizens, mainly from the Caribbean, to mainland UK; and the eventual arrival of approximately half a million people from the West Indies, who were called to Britain as British subjects to help rebuild the post-war United Kingdom:
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    Feb 10, 2018
    The results for the motion to value people with Down's Syndrome: For - 284 Against - 0 Abstention - 0 #Synod
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    the memory of which is still painful to committed Anglicans who in spite of this racism from clergy and others, have remained faithful to the Church of England and their Anglican heritage;
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    b) request the Archbishops’ Council to commission research to assess the impact of this on the Church of England in terms of church members lost, churches declining into closure, and vocations to ordained and licensed lay ministries missed, and to report back to this Synod and
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    Jul 6, 2019
    Bishop Tim Thornton: "Caring for clergy wellbeing means cherishing them so that they can give of their best. Realistic expectations about their role; respect for personal and household privacy; affirming their need for recreation..." #Synod
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    (e) resolve to continue, with great effort and urgency, to stamp out all forms of conscious or unconscious racism, and to commit the Church of England to increase the participation and representation of lay and ordained BAME Anglicans throughout Church life; to the greater glory
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    Feb 23, 2019
    Simon Friend, Exeter (@CofEDevon ) It's impossible to divorce the Church's treatment of LGBT+ people from youth evangelism. Young people are shocked by how we handle these issues and it puts them off. We need to address this.
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    Feb 10, 2018
    Rachel Wilson (Rochester): We need to remove the link between capacity and whether life is worth living. Being born with disability is not a disaster - I know I am what God made me to be. If it was God enough for God, it's ok with me. #Synod
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    (d) acknowledge and give joyful thanks for the wider contribution of the 'Windrush generation' and their descendants to UK life and culture in every field of human activity, including service across the Armed Forces and other services during and after the Second World War; and
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    the wider Church; (c) express gratitude to God for the indispensable contribution to the mission, ministry, prayer and worship of Christ's Church in this nation made by people of BAME descent in the Church of England;
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    Feb 9, 2023
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    THE MAIN MOTION in the Living in Love and Faith debate is CARRIED with the following votes recorded Bishops 36 for, 4 against, 2 abstained Clergy 111 for, 85 against, 3 abstained Laity 103 for, 92 against, 5 abstained #Synod
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    Jul 12, 2021
    A statement from the #Synod Officers in response to racist attacks on @England footballers following the #Euro2020Final The statement including signatories is also on our website: churchofengland.org/media-and-news…