Evangelicals in C of E face landmark sexuality fight

The Church of England has published a new set of resources called Living in Love & Faith (LLF) looking at marriage, sexuality and transgender issues.

Andrew Goddard reports:

For the last three years I’ve joined over 40 others from across the spectrum of the Church of England, including a good number of fellow evangelicals, to produce newly-released resources on identity, sexuality, marriage, and relationships. This Living in Love & Faith project makes no formal recommendations and doesn’t change Church of England teaching or practice. What it does is set out that teaching and practice, and also the views of those who wish to change it. It does this in an important book, podcasts, films, and a course, all on the CofE website. Its aim is to help the whole church discern how best to understand God’s will and respond to our differences in these contentious areas. In doing so it also helpfully explores the deeper theological differences that often underlie these. That discernment and decision-making process will not be easy or comfortable for us as evangelicals, or indeed for anyone. It does, though, offer us a great opportunity to commend Scripture’s beautiful vision of God’s purposes across the whole church.