young adults
In past churches I have led Bible studies, volunteered at food banks, rang bells, worked with young adults and children, and occasionally preached.
I’m married to Dave and we are parents to a teenager and 2 young adults.
I also help run a weekly bible-study (being committed to the authority of Holy Scripture) and seasonal seminars on topical issues, including for young adults (age range roughly 18-30).
I'm proud to be a mother and step-mother to four young adults who keep me grounded and remain a source of real joy.
Too often, young adults are spoken about rather than listened to.
I want to see churches equipped to nurture disciples of all ages, with particular attention given to children, young people and young adults.
The Church needs people of every age, including young adults.
Practical involvement in toddler groups, music groups, children’s ministry, Bible studies, wedding preparation, young adults’ ministry, welcome teams, and house groups.
Prior to coming to England, our family initiated and lived within an intentional missional community for young adults based around the secular university.
When in London, I attend Our Most Holy Redeemer, Clerkenwell, where I have helped run the Alpha course and volunteered as their representative for Fidelium, a lay-led young adults network.
At Great St Bart’s, I have helped develop and support new ventures, including an annual retreat for young adults, parish-wide pilgrimages and quiet days, “soup and scripture” evenings, and “Hymns and Pimm’s” events.
children, young people and young adults – who are simply not hearing about Christ or seeing his life in action.
I spend much of my time alongside young people and young adults.
We are shortly to serve in an oversight capacity for our newly appointed “Young Adults Community & Discipleship Intern”, a position created to minister to a steady influx of young adults who have recently joined the church.
Part of this priority should be the raising of Biblical literacy among children and young adults.
Locally, I am part of a clergy family; my husband, Richard, is a newly ordained curate at Holy Trinity Church in Henley, and together we have two children who are now young adults, embarking on their own personal faith journeys.
palliative, and end-of-life care, with a special focus on quality of life, symptom assessment, psychosocial support, and service improvement for both cancer and non-cancer patients including the elderly, people with dementia, HIV, young adults, and those with severe disabilities.
The energy in our parish lies in the ethnic diversity of those flooding in from the housing estates in the area, from its young adults -- many of whom are recovering from addiction or establishing new lives after prison, and from its expanding Children and Youth programs.
10 years of working with Children, Youth and Young Adults across diverse contexts within the Church of England - as well as various ecumenical projects and events.
Young adults from unchurched backgrounds are walking into churches and asking how to become Christians in a way we’ve rarely seen before – this has been happening even in my Central Tradition benefice in rural Wiltshire.
I also served on the pastoral care team for young adults, walking alongside people at significant moments in their lives.
e Believe the Church of England’s top priorities should be: o Youth and young adults’ engagement and discipleship o Community outreach and local mission o Financial sustainability o Church unity
With greater costs associated with university, more young adults are staying at home where there is often a void after youth group.
Statistics show that around 70% of young adults who regularly attend church as teenagers, walk away during their transition into being a young adult.
Children, young people and young adults are not simply the future of the Church, they are part of the Church today.
It is vital to increase resources directly directed to encourage growth in our churches among children, teenagers and young adults.
I want us to be particularly attentive to children and young adults, many of whom are facing anxiety, loneliness, poor mental health and uncertainty about their future.
As a mother of three daughters, a former Chair of Governors of a Church of England primary school, and through years of ministry among families, students and young adults, I long to see more young people come to know Jesus and find a genuine home within the Church.
The very public and divisive discussions during the LLF debate have done a great deal of damage to the CofE’s reputation and status, especially among young adults.
Co-leader of St Faith’s Young Adults group
I am co-leader of our church Young Adults group, which has been running for the 18 months.
I am standing as a General Synod candidate with a strong commitment to the importance of effective Theological Education, front-line local ministry, engagement with young adults and universities, and the breadth of the Anglican tradition.
I would be a strong advocate for the value of academic theological study to the life of the Church, and for the value of the Church’s close involvement with Universities, which are contexts in which young adults can explore questions of faith and life, and often crucibles of vocation.
I have always had a particular ministry to young adults.
A large part of my early ministry was with students and young adults, building spiritual communities of welcome and deep connection.
Serving in an intercultural church, through Young Adults ministry, the IWC steering group, small groups and wider church activities, has shaped my understanding of Christian leadership.
Why I am standing for General Synod Young adults are not simply the future of the Church; we are part of the Church today.
Through journeying alongside young adults, I have seen their enthusiasm, creativity and desire to contribute, alongside the questions and challenges that can sometimes make it difficult to find a lasting place within the Church.
Bring young adults into wider conversations about discipleship, vocation, mission, worship, leadership, safeguarding and the future direction of the Church.
I do not want to represent young adults in isolation.
Young adult: from walking alongside young adults and hearing their hopes, questions and concerns.
Gives young adults opportunities not only to participate, but to lead and serve.
General Synod Co-opted Young Adults Representative: For the last 18 months I have attended three General Synods, I have spoken to Synod and have helped to organise, facilitate and speak at fringe events that shows our work as a growing group.
Our Diocese has rightly made engagement with children, youth and young adults a priority, while nationally the Church has ambitions to double the number of children and young active disciples by 2030 and raise up 30,000 new children, youth and family ministers.
Decline in church membership, particularly among young people, is a serious issue, although it is encouraging to see a growing number of young adults coming to saving faith and joining our churches.
At St Werburgh’s we have sought to prioritise evangelism, welcoming students and young adults, developing leaders, serving our city and planting new churches.
I also co-developed and co-led a leadership development course for young adults for many years.
We have been part of St Peter’s and St Paul’s church in Ashington (within the parish of Chanctonbury) for the last 13 years and I have served on the youth, young adults and worship teams as well as co-leading a home group with my wife, Sarah.
• Appoint a Lead Bishop for looked-after children and care experienced young adults
Standing for General Synod for the first time Hi, most people call me Flo, I’m a lecturer at Brighton University, a mother to three wonderful young adults and wife to Paul, a small business owner.
About me I currently serve as the Diocese of Bath & Wells' Missional Priest for Youth and Young Adults.
I have since helped develop Young Leaders Learning Hubs and contributed to diocesan and national work around young adults, leadership and vocations.
The programme has held monthly meetings, some of which I’ve co-chaired, to inform and engage young adults aged 18-25 with the work of General Synod.
I am determined to develop General Synod’s model of youth representation to allow for greater and more meaningful contributions from young adults.
Extensive experience of the challenges faced by young adults starting out in life, not only through my professional background but also as a husband and father of three young adults.
Within HTB, I serve as a volunteer on the 5pm Service staff team and lead the Young Adults group.
My parish, like many others, has seen growth in young adults seeking baptism and confirmation in recent years.
I am also increasingly aware of how many people can feel unseen or unheard, from young adults I meet at university who are spiritually open and asking important questions about faith, to those living with experiences that are not immediately visible.
Uniting young and old: At St Thomas’, I have the joy of pastoring a worshipping community of around 100 students and young adults, alongside faithful older Christians who mentor and invest in them.
I want to champion ministry among students and young adults.
Above all, I want to help build a Church where young adults feel they belong, where communities experience God's love in action, and where Christ remains at the centre of everything we do.
Most young adults and teenagers are not raised even nominally Christian, let alone Anglican, in modern day England and the Church of England's evangelistic strategies for bringing in young people must take this into account.
In 2025, I was asked by the Diocese of Blackburn to be part of the Young Adults Group, that would then communicate on Zoom with four other Diocese to discuss the possible issues Young Adults are facing in our churches and how we can involve them into church to be more inclusive and support them in our churches.
We were later contacted by General Synod to make a speech of our experiences as Young Adults in our diocese, for which I spoke at July General Synod meeting in York 2025.
Three positions (later amended to five positions) opened up for Young Adults to be non-voting members of General Synod beginning of February 2026.
Hearing the facts and real case scenarios really intrigued me and I felt I had a mission to help and support many of the cases, especially involving Young Adults and rural communities across the country whom were rarely represented.