While supporting young people in higher education through chaplaincy was one of the key debates at the law-making assembly, the presence of Youth Council members on the synod for the first time did more to underline how the Church is making headway with its youth plans.
The three-year-old strategy focuses on reaching young people through local dioceses, but for the Bishop of Willesden, Peter Broadbent, teenagers are best reached through their peers.
Over the years, the bishop has earned a reputation for being a "youth bishop" for his work in the west and northwest London boroughs of Brent, Ealing, Hillingdon and Harrow.
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