Living in Love and Faith – first facilitated group conversation held
08/09/2023
The first meeting of the ‘Living With Difference’ group – who have been invited to be part of a series of three facilitated conversations around the Prayers of Love and Faith – was held on Thursday September 7.
The members of the group are:
Notes to Editors:
The group will aim to reflect the spectrum of views held and work to offer back to the Bishops an understanding of how their proposals can be taken forward, reflecting the issues raised in the conversations. The group will meet for three full days, in London, on September 7, 12 and 28.
This is scheduled to feed into meetings of the College of Bishops in September and the House of Bishops in October.
28 CommentsSee previous report here.
Today, there have been two announcements:
The full texts of both are copied below the fold.
The Telegraph has this report (£): Soul Survivor’s Mike Pilavachi ‘used spiritual authority to control victims’, report finds
47 CommentsColin Coward Unadulterated Love What is the Christian story today?
Helen King sharedconversations Being back in the room
14 CommentsBishop David Hamid, suffragan bishop of the Diocese in Europe and one of the longest serving bishops in the Church of England, has announced his plans to retire in February 2024. Details are on the diocesan website.
5 CommentsTheo Hobson The Spectator The time is ripe for a liberal revival of the Church of England
Giles Fraser UnHerd Has the Church stopped working?
Kelvin Holdsworth What’s in Kelvin’s Head The Friends of St Eucalyptus
152 CommentsToday’s Church Times contains two news reports which relate to the continuing discussions leading up to the November General Synod meeting.
Reference is made in the above to an article by Helen King, which we first linked to on 19 August: The autumn of Living in Love and Faith. This contains a list of meeting dates for many groups in the forthcoming weeks.
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