General Synod Election Candidates 2026

Details of all candidates in the 2026 General Synod elections

Election Address

Alan Window

Peterborough

House of Laity

Election address for application for General Synod vacancy –
Please give me your first preference

Alan James Window
I am a member of St Giles
Anglican/ Methodist Church,
Desborough, which has been an
LEP since 1969. I started going
during my engagement to wife,
Ann, some 39 years ago.
As a Methodist Anglican I joined
the Church Council, become a
Steward and so onto Circuit
Meeting member then joined the Northampton District
Synod and, finally the Methodist Conference.
Now I have been a member of the Kettering Deanery Synod
for some time and recently the Peterborough Diocesan
Synod, and I have realised that General Synod elects every 5
years.
I started the St Giles Christmas Tree Festival
by going to the Church Council and
suggesting it. They said I would have to run it.
So for more than twenty five years I have
been involved in the running of the longest
running Christmas Tree Festival in the UK. The
festival has raised over £100,000 for St Giles
Church.

I have taken my experience to other churches and given talks
on running Christmas Tree festivals.
After my first degree, I joined the Army, then the
Leicestershire Constabulary before I ended up in the NHS for
the past 18 years. I have worked in IT since leaving the Police
I am a local council councillor for the St Giles ward.
Like most people, my journey to Christ has been long and
varied. I have been exposed to other religions, Hinduism and
Islam whilst growing up in Malaysia, Eastern Mysticism at
University. However, as a child I was baptised by the
Methodist minister on a RAAF base, attended Sunday School
at the local Anglican Church and eventually found Jesus
Christ, who had been there all along, at a Spring Harvest
holiday.
I wish to join General Synod as it is the body that can change
things. When I was a member of the Methodist Conference, I
was able to propose motions, debate with others and make
changes that affected one sponsoring partner of my church, I
now wish to affect the other sponsoring partner on the
General Synod.

Please give me your first preference

Alan James Window
Any Questions – contact me on 07711 589 552 or 01536 761
329 [email protected] or [email protected]

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Theological Tradition Terms

spring harvest

Theological Tradition Sentences
However, as a child I was baptised by the Methodist minister on a RAAF base, attended Sunday School at the local Anglican Church and eventually found Jesus Christ, who had been there all along, at a Spring Harvest holiday.
Sexuality, Marriage & LLF/PLF Terms
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Safeguarding Terms
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Evangelism, Mission & Church Growth Terms
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Doctrine & Formularies Terms
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Society, Justice & Inclusion Terms
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Clergy Concerns Terms

vacancy

Clergy Concerns Sentences
Election address for application for General Synod vacancy – Please give me your first preference
Church Structure & Policy Terms
Church Structures & Policy Sentences
Other Churches & Other Faiths Terms

islam,methodist

Other Churches & Other Faiths Sentences
Anglican/ Methodist Church, ------ As a Methodist Anglican I joined the Church Council, become a Steward and so onto Circuit Meeting member then joined the Northampton District Synod and, finally the Methodist Conference. ------ I have been exposed to other religions, Hinduism and Islam whilst growing up in Malaysia, Eastern Mysticism at University. ------ However, as a child I was baptised by the Methodist minister on a RAAF base, attended Sunday School at the local Anglican Church and eventually found Jesus Christ, who had been there all along, at a Spring Harvest holiday. ------ When I was a member of the Methodist Conference, I was able to propose motions, debate with others and make changes that affected one sponsoring partner of my church, I now wish to affect the other sponsoring partner on the General Synod.
Youth & Next Generation Terms

sunday school

Youth & Next Generation Sentences
However, as a child I was baptised by the Methodist minister on a RAAF base, attended Sunday School at the local Anglican Church and eventually found Jesus Christ, who had been there all along, at a Spring Harvest holiday.
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