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Today, too many people of Global Majority Heritage, women, LGBTQIA+ people, poor people, differently abled people and others outside of the Church do not feel fully welcome.

As a member of Lichfield Diocese Racial Justice and Inclusion Task group and board member of the West Midlands Regional Racial Justice Initiative, I am passionate that the gifts and talents of all UK Minority Ethnic/Global Majority Heritage people might be fully recognised within the Church of England.

I want to strengthen pathways that help people discern God’s call, especially those from global-majority backgrounds and those who have never imagined themselves in leadership.

As a priest from the global majority, shaped by different Christian traditions, parish ministry and leadership beyond the Church, I bring perspectives formed by a wide range of people, cultures and experiences.

A wider perspective Coming from the global majority has given me a deep appreciation of the richness diversity brings to the Church, and of the work still needed to ensure that diversity is reflected in leadership and decision making.

A global-majority perspective can contribute to that conversation.

Theological formation should be lifelong, and we must seek vocation beyond familiar networks, working with working-class communities, churches led by people of Global Majority Heritage, disabled and neurodivergent people, and LGBTQ+ groups.

I would be able to represent those who are of the Global majority or have roots in it.

In addition, seeing people who are young, working class or of the global majority play a role in filling up our churches is another desire of mine.

I am Rev’d Douglas Machiridza, a middle-aged man of a Global Majority Heritage (GMH) background.

External relationships We also need to re-establish good relations with our fellow global majority Anglicans who no longer recognise the authority of the Archbishop of Canterbury.

Alongside parish ministry, I have held a number of additional responsibilities, including Assistant Archdeacon in the Diocese of Blackburn; Adviser to the Bishop of Blackburn on UKME/Global Majority Heritage matters; member of the Diocesan Vocations Team; member of the Diocesan Vision and Strategy Leadership Team; and member of the Church of England’s National Bishops’ Advisers Team.

Racial justice and representation: working for a Church in which Global Majority Heritage and UK Minority Ethnic voices are valued, heard, and able to flourish in leadership.

As a priest of Global Majority Heritage and of African origin, I am conscious that GMH clergy remain underrepresented in aspects of the Church's leadership and governance.

I would bring parish experience, a commitment to clergy wellbeing and racial justice, professional knowledge of occupational health and governance, and a Global Majority Heritage perspective.

Through parish ministry, church planting, and community engagement, I have witnessed both the immense richness of our diversity and the urgent need for stronger representation of Global Majority Heritage (GMH) and UK Minority Ethnic (UKME) communities at every level of our Church.

I long to see many thousands of women and men of all backgrounds, and especially younger people and folk of global majority heritage, come to personal faith in Christ and become His disciples.

Before coming to the UK I served for eight years as a priest in South Africa, where I was born and raised, and I am part of the Global Majority heritage community.

As a woman of Global Majority Heritage, married to a priest with complex disability and part of a culturally mixed British, Caribbean and Irish family, I know well the experience of being the odd one out in many of the spaces I inhabit and I hold firmly to the idea that my presence also makes room for others who would not believe they had a place.

At Hull Minster I have again intentionally sought for us to become a more ethnically diverse church; welcoming many global majority Christians moving to the city for study and work, and encouraging them to lead and serve in a variety of roles.

As someone of Pakistani heritage who has ministered across cultures, I want to help our Church better reflect the nation, welcome Global Majority Anglicans, and equip churches for evangelism.

I believe it is imperative that we listen to the Global Majority when they tell us what they need and that wealthier nations need to take the lead in systemic change to save our planet.

• Learn from our Global Majority Heritage siblings, and be enriched by their

I come from a global majority heritage and bring to this vocation a background shaped by intercultural theology, ecumenical youth work, peace education, and the pursuit of justice and peace.

Global majority voices, and the particular wisdom of those who live between cultures and traditions, are recognised as gifts that can enrich the whole Church.

I am committed not only to listening to the voices of Black clergy and laity and others from Global Majority Heritage backgrounds that we have far too often ignored but ensuring that these good intentions are translated into genuine action.

For the last five years I have served as Global Majority Heritage (GMH) Co- Option on the General Synod making a contribution to the life of our national church.

My MA in Theology focused primarily on the lived experiences of women, including women from the Global Majority, within a particularly challenging diocese.

With nearly half my life shaped by a Global Majority Heritage context and over half by life in the UK — including pastoral ministry in inner-city London — I hope especially to bring an understanding of the distinct experiences, gifts and challenges of Global Majority Heritage clergy and of younger generation ministers.

My work in Global Majority Heritage ministry has shown me how much stronger the Church becomes when we learn from one another while remaining rooted in Scripture and the historic faith.