Scottish Episcopal Church Synod Wrestles with Fallout After Return of Bishop Dyer

Scottish General Synod: £10m for new provincial strategy

A new Provincial strategy for the Scottish Episcopal Church will be backed by £10 million of funding over the next five to sevens years, it was announced on the opening day of General Synod 2025. Synod members who gathered at St Paul’s & St George’s Episcopal Church in Edinburgh heard a joint presentation for the College of Bishops with the Provincial Standing Committee about work that has started on developing a Provincial Strategy to create cl…

Scottish Episcopal Church Synod wrestles with fallout after return of Bishop Dyer

THE fallout over the return to work of the Bishop of Aberdeen & Orkney, the Rt Revd Anne Dyer, meant that this week’s meeting of the Scottish Episcopal Church’s (SEC’s) General Synod had been “assailed by words even before we gathered”, member...