The Church’s main legislative body is meeting at York this weekend – with almost 500 delegates attending, including bishops, clergy and lay members.
But they agreed to pause the proceedings on Saturday afternoon for the World Cup quarter-final clash between England and Sweden, with picture posted on social media of delegates watching the match on a huge screen in the chamber, at York University.
One attendee, Mark Russell, posted a picture of the Archbishop of York, John Sentamu, dancing after Alli’s second-half goal and said the second most important figure in the Church of England prayed for the team.
Mr Russell said: “The General Synod of the Church of England show the #ENGSWE game in the chamber! As our Archbishop prays for the team! This is awesome!”
Dr Sentamu tweeted through the game, singling out Jordan Henderson, Raheem Sterling and Alli for his praise and encouragement.
At the end of the match, he posted: “Team England. You have done it and we gladly rejoice! Rest well and know that you are in our prayers! Peace to you all!”
Earlier, the archbishop said on Twitter: “TEAM ENGLAND it’s your time to shine! Ps play the beautiful game as a TEAM: Together Each Achieves More! Take Risks!”
A vicar delegate joked: “A ripple of gentle applause breaks out in the synod chamber after a good pass. Give it half an hour and there’ll be people throwing beer at the screen,…
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