With a headline like that, you might be expecting the worst.
Southwark Diocese has had its fair share of recent controversy, for example back in May, when St Andrew’s Waterloo hosted a Ramadan Iftar (evening meal) to bring together the LGBT and Islamic communities during the Pride in London festival; or in July, when the cathedral hosted a service of Holy Communion to bless the civil partnership between the Diocesan Director of Ordinands and a local vicar.
This article has happier news to report. On 25 January, seven Anglican churches in the east of the Diocese got together to host an event to celebrate what the Bible teaches about identity and sexuality. The aim was not political but pastoral: the organisers wanted to help people in their congregations to live faithfully for Jesus, particularly those who struggle with their sexuality.
