Is a compromise over sexual morality in the works for the Church of England?
by Julian Mann, Anglican Ink:
Will the Church of England’s higher-ups be able to pull off a compromise over sexual morality at the General Synod in February 2023?
That the Westminster Church House establishment wants a compromise is clear from a paper circulated to General Synod members for their meeting in York from July 8th to 12th. This meeting included group discussions on the Living in Love and Faith (LLF) ‘discernment process’ on marriage, sexuality and gender identity, ahead of decision time next year.
This unattributed ‘General Synod Living in Love and Faith Update’ document detailed the activities of the LLF Next Steps Groups of nine bishops. It seemed reasonable journalistically to attribute this document to the Next Steps Group chaired by the Bishop of London, Sarah Mullally, though Synod Secretary General, William Nye, would have had a major hand in preparing it.
It said: ‘In September 2022, the College of Bishops will meet for the first of three residential meetings, all of which are almost wholly devoted to LLF.’ The College, which includes the Archbishops of Canterbury and York and 106 diocesan and suffragan or area bishops, would have as ‘resources for their discernment’:
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