General Synod Election Candidates 2026

accountability,anglican communion,deployment,discernment,liturgical,prayer,sacramental,safeguarding,sexuality,the society

accountability,discipleship,inclusive,justice,lgbtqia,ordination,racial justice,safeguarding,same sex,same-sex couples,survivors,together for the church of,working class

accountability,catholic,dioceses,ecumenical,ecumenism,equality,inclusive,inclusive church,justice,lutheran,mission,orthodox,roman catholic,safeguarding,stewardship,synodical government,together for the church of,witness

catholic,church schools,diocesan board,dioceses,ecumenical,faith communities,finance,justice,mental health,mission,ordinands,racial justice,roman catholic,self supporting,sexuality,youth

abuse,church commissioners,dioceses,finance,finances,housing,justice,living in love and faith,mission,project spire,retirement,sacrament,sacramental,safeguarding,seal of the confessional,tradition,vacancy,victims,victims of abuse

chaplaincy,children's ministry,curacy,disciples,doctrine,ecumenical,finance,gospel,liturgy,make disciples,persecuted church,persecution,sacrament,scripture,violence,youth

ageing,anglo-catholic,catholic,chaplaincy,church revitalisation,curacy,ecumenical,evangelical,good news,gospel,liturgical,liturgy,missional,parish share,refugees,revitalisation,scripture,sunday school,tradition,urc,working class

anglican communion,archbishop,archbishop of canterbury,catholic,chaplaincy,ecumenical,gospel,justice,mission,ordination,porvoo,racial justice,roman catholic,safeguarding,survivors,vocations

church planting,disciples,discipleship,evangelism,good news,gospel,make disciples,mission,scripture,theological education

ai,chaplaincy,electoral roll,environmental,liturgy,living in love and faith,mission,pcc,safeguarding,stewardship,teenagers,traditional

church mission society,church planting,discernment,discipleship,five marks of mission,gospel,inclusive,justice,mass,mission,missional,safeguarding,scripture,social justice,war,young people,youth

affirming,catholic,clergy welfare,disciples,ecumenical,good news,gospel,inclusive,independent safeguarding,liturgy,llf,mental health,mission,orthodox,roman catholic,safeguarding,same sex,sunday school,tradition,traditional,youth,youth ministry

accountability,anglican communion,catholic,chaplaincy,creation care,discipleship,ecumenical,finance,gospel,inclusive,inclusive church,justice,mission,prayer,racism,safeguarding,scripture,sexual orientation,stewardship,survivors,tradition,traditional,transparency,witness

catholic,countryside,ecumenical,food bank,inclusive,liturgy,methodist,prayer,safeguarding

discernment,discipleship,ecumenical,evangelical,mission,orthodox,outreach,safeguarding,scripture,universities,witness

chaplaincy,disability,disciples,equality,gender identity,inclusive,inclusive church,justice,lgbti,lgbtqia,loneliness,marriage,mental health,mission,neurodiversity,racial justice,sexuality,sunday school,universities,young adults,young people

good news,orthodox,war

chaplaincy,outreach

catholic,chaplaincy,eastern orthodox,ecumenical,elderly,eucharist,inclusive,inclusive church,liturgical,orthodox,outreach,prayer,roman catholic,youth

baptist,chaplaincy,evangelical,gospel,housing,inequality,mission,outreach,poverty,prayer,safeguarding,social housing,sunday school,young people,youth,youth ministry,youth work

climate change,curacy,diocesan council,disability,farmers,farming,gender identity,islamophobia,israel,justice,marriage,mental health,methodist,mission,missional,neurodiversity,ordinands,palestine,prayer,prayers of love and faith,racial justice,rural communities,safeguarding,sexuality,survivors,traditional,transparency,victims,vocations,young people,youth,youth group

accountability,anglo-catholic,catholic,church commissioners,church planting,discipleship,eucharist,finance,gospel,mission,new worshipping communities,ordination,prayer,safeguarding,tradition,traditional

agricultural,archbishops,archbishops' council,church commissioners,dioceses,discernment,ecology,gospel,living in love and faith,llf,mission,new worshipping communities,prayer,progressive,scripture,the society

accountability,benefice,children's ministry,clergy morale,clergy wellbeing,deaneries,dioceses,lgbtq,marriage,mission,missional,ordination,sacramental,safeguarding,same sex,same-sex couples,traditional,young people,youth

ageing,archbishop,church society,climate change,diocesan structures,disciples,discipling,doctrine,evangelical,evangelistic,good news,guiding principles,house of bishops,housing,human sexuality,immigration,living in love and faith,marriage,mass,net zero,ordination,progressive,project spire,safeguarding,save the parish,scripture,secularism,sexuality,traditional,vicarage,vocations,war,witness,young people,youth

archbishop,archbishop of york,environment,equality,farm,farming,finances,generosity,gospel,mental health,mission,ordination,war

anglo-catholic,baptist,catholic,crown nominations,crown nominations commission,disability,discernment,doctrine,eastern orthodox,equality,evangelical,gender identity,gospel,inclusive,inclusive church,liturgy,lutheran,marriage,mental health,methodist,neurodiversity,next generation,orthodox,self supporting,sexuality,tradition,ukraine,universities,war,youth,youth group

charismatic,charismatic evangelical,church schools,curacy,discernment,discipleship,ecumenical,evangelical,evangelism,gospel,justice,mission,missional,prayer,social justice,stipendiary,traditional

accountability,discernment,discipleship,gospel,mission,prayer,rural mission,sacrament,safeguarding

chaplaincy,isolation,loneliness,marriage,ordination,orthodox,poverty,scripture,tradition,young people

abuse,common fund,finance,housing,living in love and faith,llf,marriage,mission,pcc,project spire,reparations,retirement,safeguarding,traditional,victims,victims of abuse

church schools,churches together,countryside,discipleship,gospel,human sexuality,marriage,pcc,prayer,safeguarding,safeguarding failures,sexuality,teenagers,traditional,vicarage,vocations,young people,youth

church growth,church schools,environment,mission,retirement,young people

deaneries,witness

gospel,pcc

archbishop,archbishop of canterbury,charismatic,common fund,crown nominations,crown nominations commission,discernment,evangelical,farmers,finance,glebe,housing,inclusive,inclusive church,lgbtqia,llf,mission,prayers of love and faith,provinces,rural communities,safeguarding,same sex,scripture,secular society,transparency

accountability,church schools,inclusive,lgbtq,mission,ordination,stewardship,tradition,women in ministry,working class

environment,evangelical,finance,gospel,justice,marriage,orthodox,pcc,scripture,traditional,young people,youth

church commissioners,diocesan board,dioceses,discipleship,evangelism,finance,gospel,living in love and faith,marriage,mission,outreach,parish share,pcc,safeguarding,sexuality,traditional,vacancy,young people,youth,youth groups,youth workers

church commissioners,clergy training,depression,good news,gospel,loneliness,mission,safeguarding,save the parish,stipendiary,stress,tradition,vicarage

biblical,cpas,ecumenical,finance,gospel,israel,jewish,marriage,pcc,prayer,retirement,scripture,stipendiary,youth,youth group

abuse,book of common prayer,church commissioners,clergy numbers,clergy wellbeing,dioceses,doctrine,elderly,good news,gospel,marriage,mission,neurodiversity,prayer,project spire,safeguarding,save the parish,singleness,stipendiary,sunday school,victims,vocations

anglo-catholic,benefice,broad church,catholic,church commissioners,dioceses,finances,house of bishops,living in love and faith,mission,net zero,pcc,retirement,save the parish,stipendiary,stress,tradition

catholic,disciples,environment,evangelical,generosity,good news,housing,marriage,parish share,pcc,roman catholic,safeguarding,safeguarding officer,same sex,same-sex relationships,stewardship,transparency,youth,youth work

clergy housing,disability,environment,equality,housing,inclusive,inclusive church,living in love and faith,marriage,neurodiversity,pcc,prayer,prayers of love and faith,safeguarding,safeguarding officer,same sex,same-sex relationships,sexuality,stress,together for the church of,young people,youth,youth work

church plants,curacy,dioceses,discipleship,ecology,good news,gospel,housing,injustice,liturgical,living in love and faith,marriage,mission,new worshipping communities,ordination,poverty,scripture,social housing,traditional,young people,youth,youth ministry

anglo-catholic,benefice,biblical,catholic,clergy numbers,curacy,evangelical,finance,five marks of mission,good news,gospel,house for duty,injustice,living in love and faith,mental health,mission,missional,neurodiversity,next generation,outreach,poverty,prayer,safeguarding,sexuality,tradition,witness

benefice,curacy,disability,equality,justice,liturgical,liturgy,living in love and faith,mission,neurodiversity,ordinands,prayers of love and faith,racial justice,rural communities,sacrament,tradition,young people

benefice,chaplaincy,church schools,clergy conduct,clergy wellbeing,curacy,diocesan board,dioceses,disability,disciples,discipleship,ecumenical,environment,equality,fresh expression,gender identity,good news,inclusive,justice,mental health,mission,neurodiversity,pccs,poverty,prayers of love and faith,racism,retirement,rural poverty,safeguarding,sexuality,social justice,stipend,together for the church of,traditional,women and the church,young people

ai,benefice,catholic,discernment,disciples,doctrine,marriage,prayers of love and faith,scripture,sexuality,vocations,working class

accountability,baptise,catholic,chaplaincy,church growth,church plants,ecumenical,eucharist,evangelical,evangelism,good news,gospel,methodist,next generation,outreach,safeguarding,safeguarding culture,vocations,young people

biblical,curacy,ecumenical,evangelical,gospel,inclusive,inclusive church,marriage,mission,prayer,prayers of love and faith,same sex,same-sex marriage,scripture,self supporting,stipendiary,traditional,vacancy,working class

accountability,church planting,clergy wellbeing,gospel,living in love and faith,marriage,mission,ordination,traditional,vocations,young people,youth,youth group

gospel,retirement,rural communities,save the parish,witness

clergy numbers,environment,evangelise,generosity,gospel,liturgical,makin review,mission,outreach,pcc,safeguarding,sexuality,universities,young people,youth,youth group,youth groups

agricultural,benefice,diocesan board,discernment,finance,five marks of mission,mission,ordination,pcc,safeguarding,young people

gospel,mission,pcc,young people

asylum,baptist,catholic,church schools,diocesan structures,disability,equality,gender identity,inclusive,inclusive church,lgbt,liturgy,living in love and faith,mental health,methodist,neurodiversity,queer,refugees,roman catholic,sexuality,youth,youth work

cost of living,dioceses,discipleship,finance,gospel,mission,outreach,teenagers,young adults,youth,youth group,youth groups,youth ministry,youth work

bcp,catholic,clergy numbers,diocesan board,dioceses,ecology,finance,finances,gospel,housing,methodist,mission,revitalisation,roman catholic,social housing,thirty-nine articles

discernment,disciples,evangelism,good news,gospel,make disciples,mission,outreach,stewardship,youth

broad church,children's ministry,gospel,human sexuality,marriage,messy church,orthodox,pcc,prayer,prisons,scripture,sexuality,traditional,young people

clergy conduct,disability,equality,gender identity,gospel,inclusive,living in love and faith,marriage,mental health,mission,neurodiversity,pcc,pension,safeguarding,sexuality,working class

broad church,church commissioners,clergy housing,climate change,crown nominations,crown nominations commission,discernment,environment,environmental,equality,finances,foodbank,housing,inclusive,inclusive church,justice,lgbt,mission,modern church,ordination,outreach,pcc,racial justice,together for the church of,working class

clergy wellbeing,dioceses,evangelism,good news,gospel,homelessness,marriage,mission,new wine,ordination,outreach,pcc,survivors,traditional,vicarage,witness

church commissioners,disciples,evangelism,finances,good news,gospel,mission,ordination,safeguarding,scripture,young people

biblical,catholic,evangelical,human sexuality,independent safeguarding,liberal,liberal catholic,llf,marriage,middle of the road,mission,missional,safeguarding,sexuality,survivors,vacancy,vicarage

abuse,catholic,conservative,conservative evangelical,curacy,disability,environment,equality,evangelical,finances,gender identity,gospel,independent safeguarding,liberal,liberal catholic,liturgical,living in love and faith,marriage,mental health,mission,net zero,neurodiversity,ordinands,ordination,pension,roman catholic,rural communities,safeguarding,same sex,same-sex couples,same-sex marriage,sexuality,survivors,survivors of abuse,tei,teis,together for the church of,tradition,victims,vocations

accountability,clergy housing,clergy wellbeing,climate change,deaneries,disciples,guiding principles,housing,living in love and faith,mental health,mission,net zero,pcc,prayers of love and faith,sexuality,stipend,vacancy,vocations,women in ministry

ai,archbishops,archbishops' council,canonical,catholic,chaplaincy,charismatic,church commissioners,clergy wellbeing,climate change,environment,evangelical,gospel,house of lords,inclusive,inclusive church,living in love and faith,marriage,mission,missional,non stipendiary,ordination,orthodox,progressive,safeguarding,save the parish,sexuality,stipendiary,survivors,tradition,traditional,victims,young people,youth,youth group

affirming,anglican communion,disciples,discipleship,evangelical,evangelism,gospel,prayer,safeguarding,self supporting,vacancy

disciple,disciples,discipling,gospel,mission,young people,youth,youth ministry

accountability,discernment,disciples,evangelical,finance,gospel,mission,prayer,scripture,stewardship,tradition,witness

archbishop,archbishops,biblical,catholic,church commissioners,church planting,church schools,clergy conduct,clergy discipline,diocesan board,dioceses,evangelical,evangelism,good news,justice,living in love and faith,mission,net zero,orthodox,pcc,racial justice,safeguarding,synodical government,thirty-nine articles,vacancy,victims,vocations

biblical,churches together,diocesan board,disciples,ecumenical,finance,finances,foodbank,glebe,mission,pcc,safeguarding,vacancy

anglican communion,archbishops,baptise,biblical,diocesan board,disciple,environment,evangelical,finance,five marks of mission,good news,human sexuality,justice,mission,pcc,save the parish,scripture,sexuality,vacancy,violence,witness,young adults,young people,youth

abuse,abuse of power,bullying,crime,disciple,discipleship,discrimination,equality,evangelical,gender identity,inclusive,inclusive church,justice,lgbtq,marriage,mission,modern slavery,neurodiversity,pcc,safeguarding,safeguarding officer,save the parish,scripture,sexuality,together for the church of

abuse,accountability,churches together,elderly,eucharist,gospel,inclusive,inclusive church,injustice,isolation,liturgy,loneliness,mental health,missional,parish share,pcc,prayer,prisons,sacrament,safeguarding,safeguarding officer,stewardship,witness,young people

archbishops,biblical,church commissioners,church society,doctrine,forward in faith,house of bishops,liturgy,misconduct,parish share,pcc,prayer,prayer book society,safeguarding,sexual ethics,traditional,young people,youth,youth work

anglican communion,asylum,equality,evangelical,good news,liturgical,outreach,pcc,prayer,scripture,sunday school,tradition

curacy,discernment,farm,generosity,housing,mission,ordination,outreach,prayer,prisons,rural communities,save the parish,witness

accountability,biblical,churches together,curacy,dioceses,discipleship,generosity,gospel,liturgy,living in love and faith,marriage,mission,next generation,ordination,safeguarding,scripture,tradition,witness

archbishops,archbishops' council,benefice,church commissioners,churches together,clergy wellbeing,deaneries,diocesan board,dioceses,eastern orthodox,finance,house of bishops,housing,llf,ordinands,orthodox,pentecostal,retirement,traditional

ageing,benefice,cost of living,disabled people,discernment,discipleship,generosity,isolation,justice,mission,ordination,poverty,prayer,racial justice,rural poverty,women in ministry

benefice,broad church,chaplaincy,ecumenical,evangelical,gospel,justice,methodist,mission,ordination,ordination of women,pentecostal,prayer,prayers of love and faith,reformed,refugees,safeguarding,self supporting,stipend,stipendiary,the society,united reformed church,university chaplaincy

agriculture,baptism,biblical,doctrinal,pcc,prayer

benefice,criminal justice,environment,equality,justice,loneliness,mental health,poverty,safeguarding,young people

housing,isolation,loneliness,mental health,mission

benefice,mission,pcc,safeguarding,safeguarding officer

abuse,aging,benefice,clergy training,disability,equality,gender identity,liberal,mental health,neurodiversity,pcc,safeguarding,sexuality,working class,young people,youth

bcp,discipleship,good news,gospel,liturgy,mission,pcc,prayer,retirement,traditional,vocations

dioceses,finances,llf,mission,net zero,pcc,pccs,plf,project spire,reparations,stipend,traditional

benefice,discernment,evangelical,evangelistic,liturgical,mission,missional,ordination,rural communities

archbishops,archbishops' council,benefice,climate change,disability,environment,gender identity,house of bishops,inclusive,inclusive church,liberal,mental health,mission,net zero,neurodiversity,pcc,rural communities,safeguarding,survivors,victims

baptist,crown nominations,crown nominations commission,evangelical,evangelism,interfaith,mission

charismatic,charismatic evangelical,curacy,evangelical,gospel,human sexuality,marriage,mission,ordination,orthodox,prayer,revitalisation,sexuality,theological education,tradition,young people

countryside,diocesan structures,dioceses,discipleship,doctrine,human sexuality,llf,marriage,mission,ordinands,ordination,outreach,sexuality,teis,traditional,workload

church plant,church schools,clergy wellbeing,curacy,discernment,environmental,generosity,gospel,housing,human sexuality,marriage,mission,next generation,ordination,orthodox,same sex,same-sex marriage,sexuality,teenagers,vocations,witness,young people

abuse,chaplaincy,clergy wellbeing,dioceses,environment,finances,fresh expressions,inclusive,mental health,mission,missional,net zero,safeguarding,survivors,survivors of abuse,vicarage

accountability,archbishop,archbishop of canterbury,archbishops,archbishops' council,assisted dying,benefice,chaplaincy,clergy conduct,clergy discipline,clergy numbers,crown nominations,dioceses,disability,discernment,equality,evangelism,generosity,guiding principles,independent safeguarding,inequality,justice,living in love and faith,mental health,mission,ordination,poverty,racial justice,racism,safeguarding,social justice,stipendiary,transparency,vocations,young people