At the end of last year, the Prayers of Love and Faith entered Church of England ‘currency’. In short, a library of prayers has been commended by the House of Bishops that will enable clergy to conduct prayers of blessing for couples in a parish church who are in a sexually active relationship outside of heterosexual marriage.
There is an imminent prospect of so-called ‘standalone’ services seemingly being brought in on an experimental basis, and some of the bishops have also indicated their desire to make it possible for clergy to marry same-sex partners.
For evangelicals holding onto the inherited and Biblical position of the Church of England, all of this leads to a simple but crucial question: What now – and can I remain in the Church of England?
Imagining the CofE 'de facto parallel province' as a reality
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