The vast majority of meetings before a potential vote will be in private and not open to the media, journalists were told at a briefing ahead of the Synod meeting in November.
In depth discussions about sexuality will be held during the July 2016 meeting although the issue could be raised next month.
The General Synod has been promised the chance to discuss how the Church should deal with gay people and other sexuality issues at the end of conversations across all dioceses.
It's thought the decision to have most of the meetings behind closed doors was taken after the often heated arguments about woman bishops.
Secretary General of the General Synod William Fittall said members were keen to avoid another "train crash" that was seen during the women bishops debate.
He made the comment as he briefed reporters on what to expect at the upcoming Synod.
The main item on the agenda will be a debate about the migrant crisis, but the exact wording of any motion won't be known until closer to the time.
It was revealed that bishops had received a response from the prime minister to a letter calling for the UK to take in more asylum seekers.
But it's thought bishops had not been satisfied by David Cameron's position, which hadn't changed.
There will be two main areas in the debate: how many refugees Britain should be taking and whether there should be a preference towards Christians facing persecution.
He said there was tension on the two issues that would need to be resolved at the Synod.
Elsewhere it was announced the gender imbalance on Synod had decreased again. This year 58% elected were men and 42% female.
For the first time ever there are more elected woman than men in the House of Laity.
The Queen will open the tenth General Synod at Church House in Westminster on Tuesday 24th November.