General Synod Election Candidates 2026

biblical,burnout,church schools,cpas,curacy,dioceses,doctrine,evangelical,evangelistic,good news,human sexuality,marriage,mission,ordination,orthodox,outreach,persecuted church,persecution,retirement,sabbatical,sexuality,stress,traditional,youth,youth worker

abuse,anglo-catholic,benefice,catholic,chaplaincy,charismatic,charismatic evangelical,curacy,discernment,evangelical,evangelism,inclusive,inclusive church,justice,marriage,methodist,mission,ordinands,ordination,ordination of women,outreach,safeguarding,same sex,same-sex marriage,social action,survivors,tradition,vocations,youth

churches together,clergy numbers,crown nominations,crown nominations commission,disability,ecumenical,faith communities,gender identity,inclusive,inequality,interfaith,israel,liturgy,mission,missional,outreach,palestine,poverty,prayer,prayers of love and faith,safeguarding,sexuality,survivors,tradition,victims

accountability,church growth,clergy wellbeing,disciples,finance,good news,gospel,mission,redress,safeguarding,the society

baptism,church growth,disciples,discipleship,evangelistic,generosity,good news,gospel,housing,marriage,mission,next generation,ordination,orthodox,retirement,sexuality,young people

baptism,benefice,burnout,church plant,clergy wellbeing,elderly,environment,equality,inclusive,injustice,justice,mission,parish share,prayer,safeguarding,traditional,youth,youth ministry,youth work

house of bishops,legal advice,ordination,redress,war

baptist,clergy wellbeing,curacy,environmental,evangelical,inclusive,interfaith,llf,mission,pccs,retirement,scripture,stipend,tradition

abuse,accountability,aging,chaplaincy,charismatic,charismatic evangelical,church commissioners,clergy conduct,depressed,dioceses,discernment,evangelical,finance,fresh expression,inclusive,methodist,mission,ordination,parish share,sexuality,stewardship,stress,universities

broad church,catholic,chaplaincy,church commissioners,climate change,curacy,disability,environment,environmental,equality,finance,guiding principles,housing,inequality,justice,mental health,mission,missional,net zero,ordination,pccs,poverty,prayers of love and faith,safeguarding,save the parish,sexuality,women in ministry,young people

archbishop,archbishops,baptist,chaplaincy,charismatic,church commissioners,dioceses,disability,discipleship,equality,estates evangelism,evangelism,finance,finances,generosity,housing,inclusive,inclusive church,liturgical,mass,mission,missional,neurodiversity,prayer,sexual orientation,sexuality,social housing,vocations,working class

curacy,disciples,gospel,inclusive,make disciples,mission,ordination,prayer,sacrament,safeguarding,stipendiary,tradition,vocations,working class

accountability,biblical,discernment,evangelical,evangelism,gospel,mission,open evangelical,orthodox,prayer,sacrament,safeguarding,scripture,tradition,traditional,transparency,vocations,witness

burnout,church commissioners,good news,justice,liturgy,mass,mission,poverty,prayer,save the parish,social justice,stipendiary,tradition,youth,youth groups

generosity,inclusive,inclusive church,mission,stewardship,tradition

asylum,biblical,children's ministry,disciple,disciples,mission,pcc,refugees,scripture,traditional,youth

abuse,abuse of power,bullying,diocesan board,established church,finance,gospel,housing,human sexuality,living in love and faith,marriage,mission,pcc,racism,resource church,safeguarding,safeguarding culture,same sex,same-sex relationships,sexuality,victims

biblical,church growth,churches together,crown nominations,crown nominations commission,disability,disciples,equality,finance,gender identity,house of bishops,human sexuality,independent safeguarding,living in love and faith,mental health,mission,neurodiversity,safeguarding,sexual orientation,sexuality

churches together,clergy numbers,crime,deaneries,ecumenical,electoral roll,equality,eucharist,evangelical,mission,missional,new wine,pcc,prayer,the society,tradition,traditional,vacancy

archbishop,archbishop of york,archbishops,archbishops' council,biblical,climate change,crown nominations,crown nominations commission,ecumenical,equality,finance,gospel,inclusive,inequality,marriage,mission,safeguarding,same sex,same-sex relationships,secularism,sexuality,universities,vocations,walsingham,war,witness,young people

asylum,bcp,benefice,catholic,church commissioners,depression,elderly,evangelical,immigration,interregnum,middle of the road,parish share,prayer,prayer book society,project spire,reparations,retirement,save the parish,scripture,vacancy

climate change,disability,environment,environmental,equality,gender identity,inclusive,inclusive church,justice,mental health,mission,net zero,neurodiversity,pcc,prayers of love and faith,safeguarding,same sex,same-sex couples,sexuality,social justice,vacancy,young people

abuse,dioceses,ecumenical,finance,justice,pcc,safeguarding,social justice,stewardship,young people

accountability,baptism,clergy housing,clergy training,confirmation,curacy,discernment,evangelism,gospel,guiding principles,house of bishops,housing,llf,mission,missional,poverty,prayer,retirement,sacrament,sacramental,safe spaces,safeguarding,seal of the confessional,transparency,vocations,youth,youth workers

anglican communion,benefice,churches together,creation care,disability,ecumenical,environmental,equality,gender identity,inclusive,inclusive church,liturgy,mental health,methodist,mission,neurodiversity,pcc,pccs,sexuality,stewardship,theological education,vocations,young people

eco church,environmental,safeguarding,sunday school,young people

clergy wellbeing,diocesan board,electoral roll,injustice,living in love and faith,mission,outreach,poverty,safeguarding,safeguarding failures,word of god

climate change,disability,discernment,eco church,environment,equality,gender identity,inclusive,inclusive church,interfaith,lesbian,lgbtq,liturgy,living in love and faith,mental health,neurodiversity,pcc,safeguarding,sexuality,sunday school

baptisms,benefice,disability,inclusive,inclusive church,migrants,prayer,refugees,safeguarding,stress,witness

abuse,benefice,diocesan board,disability,disciples,discipleship,equality,gender identity,good news,gospel,justice,liturgy,mental health,neurodiversity,ordination,safeguarding,sexuality,social justice,survivors,survivors of abuse,together for the church of,tradition,victims

benefice,church mission society,curacy,discernment,discipleship,ecumenical,evangelism,global majority,global majority heritage,good news,interfaith,justice,mission,ordination,prayer,racial justice,scripture,theological education,vocations,witness,young people

good news,gospel,justice,mission,missional,prayer,safe spaces,witness

ecumenical,evangelical,foodbank,housing

abuse,benefice,catholic,charismatic,charismatic evangelical,clergy conduct,clergy wellbeing,cost of living,deployment,disability,discipleship,evangelical,finances,five marks of mission,generosity,gospel,iicsa,injustice,justice,liberal,liberal catholic,living in love and faith,mental health,mission,missional,net zero,neurodiversity,pension,poverty,racism,refugees,safeguarding,self supporting,sexuality,social justice,stipend,stipendiary,survivors,survivors of abuse,traditional,victims,vocations,working class

broad church,church plant,clergy wellbeing,cpas,curacy,diocesan board,disciples,discipleship,ecumenical,evangelical,finances,good news,gospel,make disciples,marriage,mission,ordination,outreach,pension,retirement,safeguarding,scripture,youth,youth work

dioceses,house of lords,mission,ordinands,poverty,save the parish,stipendiary,vocations,young adults,young people

equality,gay,good news,lgbtq,liturgy,marriage,mission

church commissioners,environment,environmental,equality,inclusive,mission,pcc,poverty,retirement,save the parish

disciples,discipleship,gospel,isolation,mission,other faiths,prayer,safeguarding,tradition,young adults

discipleship,mission,secular society,youth

church commissioners,climate change,creation care,diocesan board,disability,environment,equality,farmers,finance,food bank,gender identity,inclusive,justice,mental health,mission,missional,neurodiversity,outreach,persecution,project spire,reparations,safeguarding,sexuality,social justice,youth,youth ministry

accountability,church growth,church plant,church planting,church plants,creation care,discipleship,eco church,environmental,food bank,fresh expressions,gospel,house of bishops,marriage,mission,missional,net zero,safeguarding

finance,gospel,pcc,vacancy

anglo-catholic,catholic,charismatic,climate change,disability,ecumenical,equality,evangelical,interregnum,justice,liturgical,mental health,methodist,mission,neurodiversity,poverty,project spire,racial justice,racism,sacramental,safeguarding,scripture,sexuality,the society

church commissioners,churches together,clergy wellbeing,disciple,ecumenical,evangelise,gospel,mission,safeguarding,youth

accountability,mission,safeguarding,witness

clergy wellbeing,disability,disciples,discipleship,equality,finance,gender identity,good news,gospel,homelessness,lgbtq,mental health,mission,neurodiversity,pcc,pccs,safeguarding,sexuality,working class,youth

diocesan board,disability,discernment,evangelism,global majority,global majority heritage,gospel,justice,living in love and faith,mission,ordination,prayer,racial justice,scp,sexuality,vocations,working class

artificial intelligence,chaplaincy,charismatic,diocesan structures,disciples,discipling,evangelical,finance,good news,gospel,mission,new wine,new worshipping communities,ordination,prayer,safeguarding,scripture,theological education,tradition,vocations,witness,word of god,young people

catholic,charismatic,church revitalisation,curacy,disciples,doctrine,evangelical,finance,human sexuality,liturgical,marriage,mission,new wine,ordination,orthodox,revitalisation,sacramental,sexuality,traditional

discipleship,environment,gospel,mission,next generation,safeguarding,scripture,stewardship,young people

aging,clergy conduct,clergy wellbeing,finances,mission,neurodiversity,ordination,pccs,safeguarding,vacancy

baptisms,baptist,curacy,ecumenical,evangelism,good news,gospel,liturgical,liturgy,messy church,methodist,pentecostal,prayer,teenagers,youth,youth group

biblical,catholic,clergy wellbeing,depression,discipleship,evangelism,finances,generosity,loneliness,marriage,mission,safeguarding,same sex,same-sex relationships,sexuality,survivors,transparency,victims

baptist,biblical,charismatic,curacy,finances,good news,mental health,methodist,middle of the road,mission,outreach,prayer,stipend,tradition

abuse,affirming,clergy wellbeing,cost of living,creation care,curacy,disability,discrimination,equality,finances,glebe,housing,justice,lgbt,mental health,mission,net zero,prayer,prayers of love and faith,racial justice,racism,retirement,sexuality,stipend,survivors,vocations,young people

electoral roll,pcc

catholic,evangelical,finance,generosity,good news,isolation,justice,mission,net zero,prayer,prisons,safeguarding,scripture,tradition,universities,witness,young adults,young people

baptism,cost of living,dioceses,environmental,evangelism,gospel,marriage,mission,pcc,sunday school,witness

baptist,churches together,confirmation,disciples,doctrine,drug,inclusive,methodist,pcc,sunday school

archbishop,archbishops,archbishops' council,climate change,crime,crown nominations,crown nominations commission,diocesan finance,discernment,disciples,finance,five marks of mission,good news,gospel,justice,make disciples,mission,missional,pcc,prayer,racial justice,reparations,safeguarding,scripture,vacancy,witness,word of god,young people

assisted suicide,baptist,benefice,biblical,evangelical,gender identity,liturgy,marriage,pcc,save the parish,stress,sunday school,traditional,universities,vacancy,witness

ai,eco church,ecumenical,inclusive,next generation,pcc,prayers of love and faith,queer,women in ministry,working class,youth,youth worker

church growth,disciples,ecumenical,finance,gospel,justice,methodist,mission,national safeguarding,prayer,safeguarding,tradition,witness,young people

anglo-catholic,book of common prayer,catholic,cost of living,discrimination,eastern orthodox,evangelical,formularies,gospel,lutheran,mental health,mission,ordination,orthodox,pcc,prayer,reformed,roman catholic,tradition,witness,young people,youth

asylum,children's ministry,disciples,discipleship,equality,food bank,gospel,inclusive,justice,migrants,mission,next generation,pcc,racism,refugees,witness,working class,youth

church schools,deployment,diocesan board,discernment,ecumenical,environmental,generosity,good news,gospel,inequality,justice,mission,pcc,prayer,safeguarding,safeguarding officer,scripture,stewardship,transparency,vocations,witness,young people

benefice,biblical,chaplaincy,evangelism,gospel,justice,mental health,mission,missional,pcc,poverty,racial justice,safeguarding,social action,vacancy,witness,young people

accountability,crime,environment,equality,inclusive,inclusive church,lgbtq,mission,safeguarding,young people

archbishop,ceec,church schools,church society,clergy conduct,cpas,crown nominations,crown nominations commission,environment,evangelical,finances,good news,gospel,housing,justice,llf,pcc,pccs,poverty,prayer,racism,safeguarding,vacancy,vicarage,vocations,youth

messy church,pcc,prayer,youth

chaplaincy,countryside,disciple,discipleship,good news,pcc,safeguarding,young people,youth,youth ministry,youth work

disciples,discipleship,finance,great commission,liturgy,mission,pcc,prayer,retirement,scripture,vacancy,war

accountability,archbishop,clergy conduct,deaneries,disciples,discipleship,environment,environmental,evangelism,gospel,independent safeguarding,justice,living in love and faith,mission,net zero,prayer,safeguarding,stewardship,survivors,traditional,transparency,vacancy,victims

anglo-catholic,book of common prayer,canon law,catholic,discernment,eco church,ecumenical,evangelical,evangelism,liturgical,liturgy,mission,porvoo,prayer,roman catholic,theological education,vocations,young people

archbishops,archbishops' council,baptism,baptist,church planting,clergy conduct,clergy numbers,clergy wellbeing,disability,disabled people,equality,gender identity,gospel,inclusive,inclusive church,lgbtq,mental health,mission,neurodiversity,prayers of love and faith,revitalisation,safeguarding,save the parish,sexuality,survivors,vocations,young people

baptist,chaplaincy,clergy wellbeing,deployment,dioceses,equality,finances,fresh expression,liberal,liturgical,ordination,school chaplaincy,theological education,tradition

accountability,baptist,bullying,burnout,catholic,clergy numbers,clergy wellbeing,deaneries,dioceses,ecumenical,equality,finance,gospel,liturgical,mission,ordination,outreach,rural communities,safe spaces,save the parish,social action,the society,vocations,working class

clergy wellbeing,discernment,finance,justice,lgbtqia,living in love and faith,mission,ordination,pension,sabbatical,safeguarding,social justice,stipend,young people

anglican communion,archbishop,baptism,children's ministry,deaneries,diocesan structures,dioceses,disciples,discipleship,discipling,ecology,evangelical,finance,finances,good news,housing,inclusive,marriage,mission,missional,new wine,outreach,poverty,resource church,revitalisation,sacramental,sexuality,theological education,tradition,traditional,vicarage,vocations

anglican communion,anglo-catholic,archbishop,archbishop of york,catholic,church schools,climate change,dioceses,disability,equality,evangelical,finances,gender identity,gospel,injustice,liberal,liberal catholic,mental health,mission,net zero,neurodiversity,ordinands,pccs,prayer,retirement,safeguarding,safeguarding failures,same sex,same-sex relationships,scripture,sexuality,tradition,vacancy,vocations,witness,working class

benefice,broad church,diocesan board,finance,foodbank,inclusive,mission,next generation,vacancy

evangelism,pccs,stress,young people

disability,discipleship,environmental,equality,finances,gender identity,inclusive,inclusive church,mental health,mission,missional,neurodiversity,self supporting,sexuality,young people

accountability,conservative,gospel,inclusive,pcc,prayer,young people,youth

dioceses,mission,parish share,save the parish,stipendiary,theological education

accountability,archbishops,church commissioners,clergy discipline,clergy housing,clergy welfare,clergy wellbeing,disciples,gospel,housing,independent safeguarding,justice,lgbt,mission,parish share,prayer,project spire,racial justice,remarriage,safeguarding,same sex,same-sex couples,stewardship,stipend,tradition,vocations,witness,working class

church commissioners,clergy conduct,dioceses,disciples,doctrine,finance,finances,marriage,mission,sacrament,safeguarding,save the parish,sexuality,survivors,traditional,victims,vocations

abuse,baptism,catholic,clergy housing,discipleship,doctrine,environment,evangelisation,evangelism,generosity,house of bishops,housing,justice,liberal,marriage,mission,missional,safeguarding,tradition,traditionalist,vicarage

accountability,assisted suicide,baptist,book of common prayer,canon law,canonical,dioceses,environment,evangelise,fidelity,marriage,mission,ordination,outreach,parish share,prayer,prayer book society,safeguarding

deaneries,discipleship,evangelical,evangelism,llf,mission,prayer,young people,youth

accountability,broad church,crime,deaneries,diocesan board,disability,equality,gender identity,inclusive,mental health,mission,neurodiversity,poverty,safeguarding,self supporting,sexuality,survivors,youth

catholic,charismatic,charismatic evangelical,church commissioners,clergy wellbeing,ecumenical,evangelical,finance,housing,mass,mission,ordination,roman catholic,sacrament,safeguarding,secular world,stipendiary,tradition,vocations,witness,young people,youth

church planting,clergy housing,good news,housing,mission,missional,next generation,pccs,prayer,revitalisation,safeguarding,tradition,young people

children's ministry,dioceses,justice,lgbtqia,young people,youth

archbishops,archbishops' council,church commissioners,guiding principles,inclusive,inclusive church,independent safeguarding,justice,lgbtqia,ordination,parish share,pension,racial justice,sacramental,safeguarding,teis,theological education,vocations

archbishop,archbishops,archbishops' council,chaplaincy,clergy conduct,clergy discipline,clergy wellbeing,disabled people,disciples,environmental,estates evangelism,evangelism,good news,justice,llf,marriage,mental health,mission,missional,new wine,safeguarding,sexuality,singleness,survivors,vicarage,victims,vocations,young people

accountability,anglo-catholic,catholic,charismatic,discernment,discipleship,fresh expression,fresh expressions,gay,gender identity,gospel,inclusive,inclusive church,independent safeguarding,justice,lgbtqia,living in love and faith,mission,missional,neurodiversity,new worshipping communities,prayer,safeguarding,same sex,sexuality,survivors,tradition,vocations

archbishops,archbishops' council,broad church,catholic,church plant,disability,disciples,ecumenical,ecumenism,equality,faith communities,gospel,justice,lgbt,liberal,liberal catholic,liturgical,liturgy,mental health,mission,modern slavery,outreach,pcc,poverty,racial justice,reformed,refugees,safeguarding,sexuality,vocations,witness,working class