Living in Love and Faith
Read the full version of Living in Love and Faith here and Press Release here
Articles, reports and other resources to help engagement with the LLF material. Newer items at the top. Please right-click links to open in a new window.
Resourcing the resistance. Martin B Davie, Latimer Trust, introduces new resources to help us understand and engage with LLF and the issues it raises: “[…] Christians in the Western World today are faced with the choice of abandoning the traditional Christian worldview in favour of this new one, trying to find some sort of compromise position that enables them to remain Christian while abandoning the traditional Christian view of sexual morality and sexual identity, or being willing to continue to hold to a traditional, orthodox, Christian position and accept the consequences of so doing.”
Living in Love and Faith? The Church of England’s discernment process on marriage and sexuality owes too much to the spirit of this post-modern age by Tom Parsons, Anglican Mainstream
Living In Love And Faith: the roadmap to the extinction of the C of E by Judi Sture, Virtueonline
Handling the Bible in Love and Faith by Kirsten Birkett, Church Society
Andrea Williams questions the Living in Love and Faith project (video)
ReNew: now online – Webinar with Lee Gatiss, Kirsty Birkett and Mark Burkill,
Sexuality, safeguarding and the language of God by David Baker, Christian Today
Anti-Living in Love and Faith video investigated as a hate-crime by Ed Thornton, Church Times
Should evangelicals engage with Living in Love and Faith? by Will Jones, Christian Today
LGBT leaders threaten to quit Church of England dialogue unless bishops support gay marriage, Christian Today
The Church of England’s pick-and-mix approach to biblical truth only confirms my decision to leave by Julian Mann, Christian Today
Bishops deplore ‘personal insults and attacks’ in Church of England sexuality war by David Baker, Christian Today
The Church of England’s guide to hearing God’s voice through the bible, according to LLF, by Andrew Symes, Anglican Mainstream:
“The bible is crystal clear” on the subject of same sex relationships…” But is it? According to the Living in Love and Faith textbook (LLF), there are many possible, and perhaps equally valid interpretations of what the bible says on this subject. Not only this – making such a statement about the clarity of Scripture in supporting one’s position could betray unconscious use of power, to demean and oppress others with a different view, particularly oppressed groups, and it shows a lack of self-reflection and humility…what we take to be just ‘sound interpretation’ may in fact be white, male, middle-class, affluent and Western interpretation and theology. Instead, we’re encouraged (p329) to consider “queer hermeneutics” which focusses on unmasking the “cisgender heterosexual perspective” behind certain assumptions about gender and sexuality.
Gay marriage? The Archbishops who know better than the Bible, by Peter Mullen, The Conservative Woman:
Bishop says C of E change of stance on sexuality would spark exodus by Harriet Sherwood, Guardian
Hurt and unnecessary suffering from Ancient Briton
OneBodyOneFaith responds to Living in Love and Faith
Initial thoughts on LLF by Lee Gatiss, Church Society
Living in Love and Faith: an evangelical response. Andrew Goddard, writing in Christian Today, summarises CEEC’s presentation and explains how it inspires us with “scripture’s glorious and joyful vision of God’s intention for human life”.
Why “deep listening” in The Church of England will fail by David Virtue, Virtueonline
The Church of England is ‘deaf to the cries’ of the LGBT+ people it is harming. Its recent actions have proven that by Lily Wakefield, Pink News [Jayne Ozanne says LLF has failed to address the ‘harm’ done to LGBT people].
The Beautiful Story, from CEEC: a 30 minute film that explains how a biblical vision for human sexuality is good for individuals, the church and society (see responses under ‘related articles’ below)
Ben John reacts to the Church of England’s Living in Love and Faith trailer, Christian Concern
Church Society Podcast:LLF First Impressions
Anglican Unscripted: Kevin and George discuss LLF. Watch video from 5.40
First impressions of the Church of England’s Living in Love and Faith are very disappointing by Prudence Dailey, Christian Today
LLF’s surrealist theology bodes ill for Evangelical Anglicans by Julian Mann, Anglican Ink
What do we make of the Living in Love and Faith project? by Stephen Kneale, Building Jerusalem
(How) should we engage with Living in Love and Faith? by Ian Paul, Psephizo
Can we live in ‘good disagreement’, agreeing to disagree on this issue? I feel very clear that we cannot. It might just be possible to live in a Church which, in some parts, does recognise and value the ministry of women in certain roles whilst, at the same time in other parts, does not recognise that ministry. Possibly. But it is simply impossible to, at the same time in the same institution, both celebrate certain patterns of relationship as the wonderful gift of God which teaches us about the nature of his relationship with us, and alongside this believe that it is a sinful pattern of relating to which the right response is a call to repentance.
Living in Love and Faith: early thoughts by Andrew Symes, Anglican Mainstream
Church of England is heading down the same pathway as the American Episcopal Church over Pansexuality by David Virtue, VOL
‘Here we grovel for we can do no other’: Conservative Anglican Evangelicals and ‘Living in Love and Faith’, By Melvin Tinker, Virtueonline
Mapping the Terrain for Engagement on Human Sexuality by Oliver O’Donovan, Living Church
Church of England could rethink stance on LGBTQ+ issues by 2022 by Harriet Sherwood, Guardian
Church of England to rethink same-sex marriage by Kaya Burgess, The Times (£)
Living in Love and Faith: it’s out, it’s long, it’s good, Church Times (£)
LLF for Dummies: 10 FAQs about the Church of England’s new teaching and learning resources on identity, sexuality, relationships and marriage by Andrew Goddard, Fulcrum
Church of England leaders apologise for ‘damage and hurt’ to LGBT+ people by Hugo Greenhalgh, Openly
Living in Love and Faith:evangelicals say they are ‘ready to engage and ready to contend’: CEEC press release
Living in Love and Faith, by Lee Gatiss, Church Society
Related articles:
The Beautiful Story, from CEEC: a 30 minute film that explains how a biblical vision for human sexuality is good for individuals, the church and society
Living in Love and Faith: an evangelical response. Andrew Goddard, writing in Christian Today, summarises CEEC’s presentation and explains why it is a useful resource that can “scripture’s glorious and joyful vision of God’s intention for human life”.
Is there a positive case for the ‘traditional’ sexual ethic? Ian Paul, writing in Psephizo, responds positively to the CEEC video
The Church of England Evangelical Council: a response, Charlie Bell, writing on his blog For whom the Bell tolls, responds negatively
Bible’s teaching on sexual ethics ‘homophobic’, says LGBT member of General Synod, from The Christian Institute: LGBT activist Jayne Ozanne has accused the Oxford Inter-Collegiate Christian Union (OICCU) of homophobia for affirming the Bible’s teaching on sexual morality.
David Runcorn, Love Means Love, a review, by Martin Barratt Davie
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