Supporting Synod members as they work to make the Church of England a safe, welcoming and inclusive church for everyone in the country is a huge exercise in patience, and the exercise of faith and hope over mistrust and despair. There is nothing I can actually do: I am parked firmly on the sidelines as …
Tag: Living in Love and Faith
Threatening the CEEC
It is some time now since the meeting of General Synod in mid-November. At that gathering the Synod decided to endorse the issuing of the Prayers of Love and Faith, and, through an amendment to the main motion moved by the Bishop of Oxford, to allow the Archbishops to commend for experimental use 'stand-alone services' …
Living in Love and Faith: a Whole Lot of Hot Air?
The story of the Church of England's agonies over sexuality, and in particular the place it gives to LGBT people and their relationships seems never-ending. It is easy to lose the thread. Here is the short version: The 1980s The Osborne Report (1989) takes evidence from gay and lesbian people The Higton Motion (1987) undercuts …
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True LGBT+ inclusion and equality in the Church of England are a long way off
This has been a strange few weeks in which to be LGBT+ and a member of the Church of England. The bishops of the church have commissioned a process called “Living in Love and Faith”. This will, according to its website, produce “resources that will help bishops” lead others in thinking about “what it means …
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Fake Participation: what is wrong with Living in Love and Faith?
Background The Living in Love and Faith Project of the Church of England is the outcome of the impasse that happened in February 2017 when the General Synod, very unusually, declined to take note of the House of Bishops Report that followed the shared conversations of 2014-16. This meant that the report was effectively dead …
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