Bishop Snow to engage in ‘shuttle diplomacy’ on LLF before Synod meets in July

Feb 28, 2024 by Jill

by Francis Martin, Church Times:

THERE was limited appetite in the General Synod this week for another long debate on the Living in Love and Faith (LLF). The lead bishop for the process, like other Synod members on all sides of the debate, saw the benefit of an early finish.

Speaking to the press after the Synod’s Tuesday-morning vote to move to next business (see separate story), the Bishop of Leicester, the Rt Revd Martyn Snow, none the less saw a “clear mandate that the direction of travel is right”.

The next step was for some of the details to be worked out before the Synod met again in July, he said — and that would involve “shuttle diplomacy” between those of opposing views.

This process would not yield a fully worked-out plan, he said, but, “if we’ve at least got the broad outline of it, I think that would allow us to move forward.”

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