In 1960, there were an estimated 50 million evangelical Christians in the West, and 25 million in the rest of the world; today, there are an estimated 75 million in the West, and 325 million in the rest of the world (representing about 20 percent of the two billion Christians worldwide), according to Robert Kilgore, chairman of the board of the missionary organization Christar.

During my years as Bishop, I have made no secret of my aversion to selling property. Our parishes and the diocesan administration today own but a small fraction of the real estate that has been in our possession, and in general we are the poorer for it. First, we no longer have the real estate, and second, in every instance of which I am aware, we have not kept the proceeds of the sale intact as an endowment for more than one generation.

"The Church's gesture will hurt Israelis and Jews without helping the Palestinians," he said in this week's Jewish Chronicle, adding that Israel needed "support, not vilification".

The Synod overwhelmingly backed calls for the Church Commissioners to remove its funds from companies that did business with Israelis involved in the occupied territories.

3. We have come with 10 Anglican Primates (Archbishops or their representatives) and 20 Bishops from countries of ASEAN and Asia, Africa, Melanesia, England, USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Together we represent over 50 million Anglican members in the world.