On Sunday evening (July 12) , General Synod debated the Carlisle Diocesan motion (which they had passed in 2021) asking us to ‘receive’ the Kairos II Palestine document, which you can read here. The debate did not finish in time on Sunday evening, so (to some howls of protest) was adjourned until Monday morning, when the debate concluded, and Synod voted in favour of the motion, amended to add some more words of listening to both sides, and changing ‘receive’ to ‘hear’ the Kairos document—though as Philip North said in his speech of opposition, that nicety will make no difference to its impact.
The vote was Laity: 113 for, 27 against, 35 abstentions; Clergy: 115 for, 20 against, 30 abstentions; Bishops: 25 for, 0 against, 5 abstentions.
I was called fourth, which meant that I had five minutes to speak, though I had planned a speech of three minutes. This is my text, though you can see from the YouTube video below that I improvised some additions.
Read Ian Paul’s speech and report on Psephizo here https://www.psephizo.com/life-ministry/the-church-of-england-and-israel-palestine/