Synod to discuss ‘migrant crisis’ at inaugural meeting – Church Times November 1, 2015 by John Clark THE Queen will inaugurate the tenth General Synod on 24 November. The tasks awaiting the newly elected body include further work on the strategy to reverse the Church’s numerical decline, and exploring the “highly contentious issue of human sexuality”. Madeleine Davies. Church Times. 30 October 2015 John ClarkShareTweetShare