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The Synod of the Diocese of Adelaide is legally structured as an incorporated association, with approximately 230 members, being around 120 lay people elected by local churches and 110 licensed clergy.
The major governance body within each Diocese of the Anglican Church of Australia is called the Synod, a word meaning ‘a council of the church meeting to decide doctrine and administration’. The modern Synod is a theologically informed governance structure that allows all the people of God, both lay and ordained, to provide for the life and growth as well as the order and good governance of the Church.
