Church and Society

Functions of the Church and Society Group

To encourage our congregations to bring the Gospel to bear on the political issues facing our society.
To encourage our churches to take part in the Commitment for Life programme.
To encourage our churches to become Fairtrade Churches.
To encourage our churches to campaign on issues of racial justice in our society.
To encourage church members and churches to embrace climate change and other environmental issues in their life and witness.
To encourage our churches to campaign for measures to reduce poverty and the extremes of wealth in our society.
To attend meetings of the Ecumenical Council for Corporate Responsibility (ECCR) to which the Synod is affiliated.
To liaise with the World Church Group of the Synod.
To report to the Mission and Outreach Committee of the Synod.

David Hoadley

Tel: 023 8022 9363

Convenor

Synod Representative on ECCR

David Wrighton

Tel: 023 8026 1146

Secretary

Poverty in Britain issues

Julie McLaren

Tel: 0118 978 5697

Synod Advocate for Commitment for Life

Virginia Lawson

Tel: 0118 962 1735

Synod Advocate for Racial Justice

Brian Wilkins

Tel: 01929 459440

Climate Change and other Environmental issues

Christine Hardwick

Tel: 023 8025 3432

Synod Executive representative

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