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GS Series

GS 1348B Amending Canon No 24

GS 1405 Working with the Spirit: Choosing Diocesan Bishops

GS 1484B Draft Amending Canon No 26
GS 1485B The Church Representation Rules (Amendment) Resolution 200-
GS 1486B Draft Clergy Representation Rules (Amendment) Resolution 200-
GS 1487B Draft Religious Communities (Lay Representatives) Rules (Amendment) Resolution 200-
GS 1484-7Z Report of the Steering Committee of Members in Charge

GS 1495 Ethical Investment Advisory Group 2002/03 Annual Report
GS 1496 Formation for ministry within a learning church (The Hind Report)

GS 1505Z Draft Stipends (Cessation of Special Payments) Measure: Report of the Steering Committee in Respect of Final Drafting

GS 1517 Strategic Financial Review

GS 1520A (Contents) Weekday Lectionary Table 1 Table 2 Table 3 Table 4 Table 5 Table 6 Amendments
GS 1520B Weekday Lectionary
GS 1520Y Weekday Lectionary and Amendments: Report of the Revision Committee
GS 1523 Mission-Shaped Church
GS 1524Y Draft Pastoral (Amendment) Measure: Revision Committee Report
GS 1524Z Draft Pastoral (Amendment) Measure: Report by the Steering Committee
GS 1527 Review of Clergy Terms of Service: First Report Summary
GS 1528 A Measure for Measures: In Mission and Ministry: Report of the Review of the Dioceses, Pastoral and related Measures (also here)
GS 1529 Future Use of the Church Commissioners' Funds Annex A Annex B Annex C

GS 1535B Ordination Services Deacons  Priests  Bishops
GS 1535C Ordination Services - Final Approval
GS 1535Z Second Report by the Revision Committee and Annex
GS 1535Y Common Worship Ordination Services Report by the Revision Committee Annex Deacons Priests Bishops
GS 1536 Rethinking Sentencing
GS 1537 The Legal Officers (Annual Fees) Order 2004
GS 1538 The Ecclesiastical Judges, Legal Officers and Others (Fees) Order 2004

GS 1540 Report by the Business Committee (July 2004)
GS 1541 Alternative Sources of Funding for Ordinands in Training
GS 1541A Alternative Sources of Funding
GS 1542 Making the Synod's Procedures More Effective
GS 1543 Marriage Law Review
GS 1544 Enabling a World of Difference
GS 1545 Financial Business - Budget for 2005
GS 1546 Common Worship: Initiation Services
GS 1547 Trade Justice: A Christian Response to Global Poverty
GS 1548 The Church of England and Europe
GS 1549 Times and Seasons
    Contents Advent Christmas Epiphany Lent Passiontide Easter Vigil
    Eastertide Trinity to All Saints All Saints to Advent Agricultural Year
    Common Worship: Festivals

GS 1550 Archbishops' Council's Annual Report
GS 1551 Appointments of Chairs
GS 1553X Draft Parochial Fees Order 2004: Memorandum by the Archbishops' Council
GS 1554 Clergy Discipline (Doctrine)
GS 1555B Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure
GS 1555X Draft Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure: Explanatory Memorandum
GS 1555Y Draft Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure: Report by the Revision Committee
GS 1555Z Report by the Steering Committee
GS 1557 Women Bishops in the Church of England? (also here)
GS 1558 Sharing God's Planet 

GS 1560 Report by the Business Committee 
GS 1561 General Synod Elections 2005
GS 1562 Legal Officers (Annual Fees) Order 2005
GS 1562X Legal Officers (Annual Fees) Order 2005: Explanatory Memorandum
GS 1564 Review of Clergy Terms of Service: Second Report (also here) Summary
GS 1565 Appointment to the Archbishops' Council
GS 1566 Review of Constitutions
GS 1567 Higher Education and the Church's Mission
GS 1568 Women in the Episcopate
GS 1569 Review of the Sources of Funding for CME1-4

GS 1570 The Windsor Report: Report by the House of Bishops
GS 1572 Report by the Business Committee (July 2005)
GS 1574 Formation For Ministry within a Learning Church: Reviewing Progress
GS 1575 Assisted Suicide and Voluntary Euthanasia
GS 1576 Children and Holy Communion: A Review Annex 1 and Annex 2
GS 1577 Presence and Engagement
GS 1578 Thirty-ninth Report by the Standing Orders Committee
GS 1579 The Church Urban Fund: A New Future

GS 1580 Strategic Spending Review
GS 1580A Accountability and Transparency
GS 1580B Resourcing Mission Annex A  Annex B  Annex C  Annex D  Annex E
    Resourcing Mission Group Report (in final form) Annex A  Annex B  Annex C  Annex D
GS 1581 The Archbishops' Council's Budget for 2006
GS 1582 Archbishops' Council's Annual Report 2004 html version
GS 1583 Annual Report of the Audit Committee
GS 1585 Clergy Discipline Code of Practice
GS 1586 Clergy Discipline Rules
GS 1585&6X Explanatory Memorandum
GS 1588 Legal Officers (Annual Fees) Order 2005
GS 1589 Ecclesiastical Judges (Fees) Order 2005
GS 1588&9X Explanatory Memorandum

GS 1590 Parochial Fees Order 2005
GS 1590X Explanatory Memorandum
GS 1592 Report by the Business Committee (November 2005)
GS 1593 Review of Clergy Terms of Service: Property Issues and Progress Report (GS 1593)
GS 1594 Payments to the Churches Conservation Trust Order 2005
GS 1594X Report and Explanatory Memorandum
GS 1595 Facing the Challenge of Terrorism
GS 1596 Admission of Baptised Children to Holy Communion Regulations
GS 1596A Admission of Baptised Children to Holy Communion Regulations
GS 1596X Report and Explanatory Memorandum
GS 1596Y Report by the House of Bishops (included in GS 1596A)
GS 1597 Draft Dioceses, Pastoral and Mission Measure
GS 1597A Draft Dioceses, Pastoral and Mission Measure Part I Part II Part III Part IV
GS 1597B Draft Dioceses, Pastoral and Mission Measure Part I Part II Part III Part IV
GS 1598 Draft Amending Canon No 27
GS 1598A Draft Amending Canon No 27
GS 1598B Draft Amending Canon No 27
GS 1598D Amending Canon No 27
GS 1599 Draft Vacancy in See Committees (Amendment) Regulation
GS 1599A Draft Vacancy in See Committees (Amendment) Regulation
GS 1599B Draft Vacancy in See Committees (Amendment) Regulation 200-
GS 1599C Vacancy in See Committees Regulation 1993
GS 1597-9X Report and Explanatory Memorandum
GS 1597-9Y Report by the Revision Committee
GS 1597-9Z Report by the Steering Committee

GS 1600 Clergy Discipline Appeals Rules
GS 1600X Explanatory Memorandum
GS 1601 Mutual Expectations: The Church Of England And Church Colleges/Universities Report By The Board Of Education
GS 1603 Report By The Business Committee
GS 1604 Ethical Investment: Report By The Ethical Investment Advisory Group
GS 1605 House Of Bishops’ Women Bishops Group: Report To The General Synod From A Working Group Chaired By The Bishop Of Guildford.
GS 1605A Note by the Presidents
GS 1606 Seeds In Holy Ground: A Future For The Rural Church?
GS 1607 Into The New Quinquennium
GS 1609 Hospital And Health Care Chaplaincy
GS 1610 The Church’s Built Heritage Annex 1 Annex 3

GS 1611 Faithful Cities: The Report of the Commission on Urban Life and Faith
GS 1613 Report by the Business Committee
GS 1615 Archbishops’ Council Annual Report
GS 1616 Draft Church of England Marriage Measure
GS 1616A Draft Church of England Marriage Measure
GS 1616B Draft Church of England Marriage Measure
GS 1616X Explanatory Memorandum
GS 1616Y Report by the Revision Committee
GS 1616YY Report of the Revision Committee
GS 1616Z Report by the Steering Committee
GS 1617 Legal Officers (Annual Fees) Order 2006
GS 1618 Ecclesiastical Judges, Legal Officers and Others (Fees) Order 2006
GS 1617&18X Explanatory Memorandum
GS 1619 Parochial Fees Order 2006
GS 1619X Explanatory Memorandum
GS 1620 Church of England (Legal Aid) (Amendment) Rules 2006
GS 1620X Explanatory Memorandum

GS 1621 40th Report of the Standing Orders Committee
GS 1622 The Draft Clergy Discipline (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Order 2006
GS 1622X Explanatory Memorandum
GS 1623 Annual Report of the Archbishops’ Council Audit Committee
GS 1624 Church Accounting Regulations
GS 1624X Explanatory Memorandum
GS 1625 Scheme amending the Diocese in Europe Constitution 1995
GS 1625X Explanatory Memorandum
GS 1626 Care of Cathedrals Rules 2006
GS 1626X Explanatory Memorandum
GS 1627 Church of England Funded Pensions Scheme (Amendment) Rules 2006
GS 1627X Explanatory Memorandum
GS 1628 Pushing Further: Report by the Board of Education
GS 1629 Ninth Assembly of the World Council of Churches

GS 1630 Women in the Episcopate: note by the Presidents
GS 1631 Clergy Terms of Service
GS 1632 The Archbishops’ Council’s Draft Budget for 2007
GS 1633 Appointed Members of the Archbishops Council
GS 1635 Report by the Business Committee (Monday)
GS 1636 Electronic Voting: Report by the Business Committee
GS 1637 Draft Ecclesiastical Offices (Terms of Service) Measure
GS 1637A Draft Ecclesiastical Offices (Terms of Service) Measure
GS 1638 Draft Ecclesiastical Offices (Terms of Service) Regulations
GS 1638A Draft Ecclesiastical Offices (Terms of Service) Regulations
GS 1639 Draft Amending Canon No 29
GS 1639A Draft Amending Canon No 29
GS 1637-9X Report and Explanantory Memorandum
GS 1637-9Y Report by the Revision Committee

GS 1640 Resolution under Paragraph 17 of the Schedule to the Church Funds Investment Measure 1958 confirming the appointment of a successor body corporate to act in place of the Central Board of Finance of the Church of England
GS 1641 The Draft National Institutions of the Church of England (Transfer of Functions) Order 2007
GS 1641X Explanatory Memorandum
GS 1642 Draft Amending Canon No 28
GS 1642A Draft Amending Canon No 28
GS 1642X Explanatory Memorandum
GS 1642Y Report by the Revision Committee
GS 1643 Parsonages Measure (Amendment) Rules 2007
GS 1643X Explanatory Memorandum
GS 1644 The Future of Trident: Report from the Mission and Public Affairs Council
GS 1645 The Future of Clergy Pensions: Report from the Archbishops’ Council
GS 1646 Achieving the First Two Hundred Years: Report by the Board of Education (including the Dearing Report: Five Years On)
GS 1647 Taking Responsibility for Crime: Report from the Mission and Public Affairs Council
GS 1648 Fresh Expressions

GS 1650 Talent and Calling: Report of the Senior Church Appointments Review Group
GS 1650A Church Appointments
GS 1651 Transforming Worship: Report of the Liturgical Commission
GS 1653 Legal Officers (Annual Fees) Order 2007
GS 1654 Ecclesiastical Judges, Legal Officers and others (Fees) Orders 2007
GS 1653 and 4X Explanatory Memorandum
GS 1655 Present and Participating: A place at the table
GS 1657 Report by the Business Committee
GS 1658 Appointments to the Archbishops’ Council and the Church of England Pensions Board
GS 1659 Parochial Fees Order 2007
GS 1659X Explanatory Memorandum

GS 1660 Clergy Pensions (Saturday)
GS 1661 The Anglican Covenant Proposal Annex 4 Annex 5
GS 1663 Disability Issues for Ministry in the Church of England
GS 1664 Forty-First Report of the Standing Orders Committee
GS 1665 The Archbishops’ Council’s Draft Budget for 2008
GS 1666 Sunderland Minster Representation Scheme
GS 1667 Church of England Funded Pensions Scheme (General) (Amendment) Rules 2007
GS 1667, 1670 & 1671 X Explanatory Memorandum
GS 1668 Archbishops’ Council Report
GS 1669 Annual Report of the Archbishops’ Council’s Audit Committee

GS 1670 Church of England Funded Pensions Scheme (Accrual Rates) (Amendment) Rules 2007
GS 1671 Church of England Funded Pensions Scheme (Guaranteed Increases) (Amendment) Rules 2007
GS 1672 Draft Ecclesiastical Fees (Amendment) Measure
GS 1672X Explanatory Memorandum
GS 1673 Growing Together in Unity and Mission
GS 1675 Report by the Business Committee
GS 1677 Forty-Second Report of the Standing Orders Committee
GS 1678 Mental Health Issues
GS 1679 Anglican Communion Covenant Annex 1 and Annex 2

GS 1680 Crown Appointments Annex
GS 1681 Detention without Charge
GS 1682 Draft Church of England Pensions (Amendment) Measure
GS 1682X Explanatory Memorandum
GS 1683 Draft Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure
GS 1683X Explanatory Memorandum
GS 1684 Code of Practice under Part V of the Dioceses, Pastoral and Mission Measure 2007

GS Misc series

GS Misc 688 Ethical Investment Advisory Group 2001/02 Annual Report

GS Misc 711 Formation for Ministry within a Learning Church: The Structure and Funding of Ordination Training Outline Implementation Plan
GS Misc 725 Protecting All God's Children (3rd edition 2004)
GS Misc 742 Paths to Unity
GS Misc 743 Ethical Investment Advisory Group 2003/04 Annual Report
GS Misc 744 Trade Justice
GS Misc 749 Rethinking Sentencing
GS Misc 762 A Place of Refuge
GS Misc 763A Canon B44: Note by  the Diocese of Ely 
GS Misc 763B Canon B44: Note by the Council for Christian Unity
GS Misc 764A Election Addresses: Note by the Diocese of Durham
GS Misc 764B Election Addresses: Note by the Legal Adviser
GS Misc 765A Senior Church Appointments: Background Note
GS Misc 765B Senior Church Appointments: note by the Secretary General
GS Misc 767 The Environment Debate: A briefing
GS Misc 771A Parochial Fees
GS Misc 771B Parochial Fees
GS Misc 778 Ethical Investment Advisory Group 2004/05 Annual Report
GS Misc 788 Covering Note by the Mission and Public Affairs Council
GS Misc 797 Times and Seasons and Festivals: Amendments

GS Misc 801 Pushing At The Boundaries Of Unity: Anglicans And Baptists In Conversation
GS Misc 807 Ecumenical Responses To Women Bishops In The Church Of England?
GS Misc 808 Bicentenary of the Act for the Abolition of the Slave Trade
GS Misc 812A Private Member’s Motion - Readers - A background note by Nigel Holmes
GS Misc 812B Background Paper from the Ministry Division Annex
GS Misc 813 The Human Genome: Background note from the Diocese of Guildford

GS Misc 824A Married Couple’s Tax Allowance: note by Mrs Monckton
GS Misc 825B note by the Mission and Public Affairs Council
GS Misc 825A Carbon Dioxide Emissions: note by the Diocese of Southwark
GS Misc 825B note by the Mission and Public Affairs Council
GS Misc 826 Women in the Episcopate: Report to the House of Bishops from the Bishops of Guildford and Gloucester
GS Misc 827 Resources for Reflection on the subject of Women Bishops in the Church of England

GS Misc 833 Church of England Clergy Diversity Audit 2005 - Executive Summary
GS Misc 838 Responding to domestic abuse: Guidelines for those with pastoral responsibilities

GS Misc 842A Lesbian and Gay Christians Background Note from the Reverend Mary Gilbert
GS Misc 842B Lesbian and Gay Christians Background Note from the House of Bishops
GS Misc 843A Civil Partnerships Background Paper for General Synod debate on Civil Partnerships proposed by Paul Perkin
GS Misc 843B Civil Partnerships Background Note from the House of Bishops
GS Misc 844A Media Standards: Their Effect on Individuals and Society A background paper from the Diocese of Lichfield
GS Misc 844B Media Standards: Their Effect on Individuals and Society Paper prepared by the Archbishops’ Council Communications Office

GS Misc 855A Private Member’s Motion: Possible Military Action against Iran - background note by Simon Bessant
GS Misc 855B Private Member’s Motion: Possible Military Action against Iran - background note by the Mission and Public Affairs Council
GS Misc 856A Diocesan Synod Motion: The Church Commissioners - background note by the Diocese of Southwark
GS Misc 856B Diocesan Synod Motion: The Church Commissioners - Church Commissioners’ response
GS Misc 857A and 857B Private Member’s Motion: Ethical Investment Advisory Group: Restricted Investments

GS Misc 861 Understanding Marriage, Weddings and Church Weddings

GS Misc 873 Review of Extended Communion: Analysis of Diocesan Responses

GS Misc 874 Background Note to Illustrative Material inGS1637-9Y
GS Misc 875A Private Member's Motion: Casinos - paper prepared by Tom Benyon
GS Misc 875B Private Member's Motion: Casinos - background note from the Mission and Public Affairs Division
GS Misc 876A Diocesan Synod Motion: Eucharistic Prayer for Children - background paper from the Diocese of Durham
GS Misc 876B Diocesan Synod Motion: Eucharistic Prayer suitable for use when a significant number of children are present - background note by the Liturgical Commission
GS Misc 877 Four Funerals and a Wedding: a review of the legislation for parochial fees
GS Misc 878A Private Member's Motion - Bible Availability: a background paper from Tim Cox
GS Misc 878B Reissued note by the House of Bishops on Versions of Scripture GS Misc 698

GS Misc 881 Zimbabwe: a Mission and Public Affairs Council briefing paper

Other Papers

Briefing for members of Vacancy in See Committees - includes

The Charities Act 1993 and the PCC - 2nd Edition
In the Spirit of the Covenant: Interim Report of the Joint Implementation Commission under the covenant between the Methodist Church and the Church of England

Getting the Message - A Resource Pack for Two-Way communication between the General Synod, Dioceses, Deaneries and Parishes

House of Bishops: Summary of Decisions

See also the Church of England Papers page.