Martine Oborne’s clarification is a measured response about a sunset clause for, rather than an immediate repudiation of, the Five Guiding Principles. I hope and suspect it will turn out to be the considered view of the majority of parishes.
Pax
6 hours ago
Bell: ‘I absolutely do believe that sacramental marriage should be opened to all couples. I absolutely do believe that God is already at work in queer marriages and that the church is doing itself a disservice in refusing to recognise this. I am absolutely committed to seeing the doctrine of marriage enlarged and – in being enlarged – enriched. All of that is no surprise. … clergy entering into something the church does not call marriage is not going to change any of that – it cannot. In other words, whilst clergy might enter into a covenant that the state calls marriage,… Read more »
Rural Liberal
5 hours ago
From WATCH: ‘Women are two thirds of our congregations and frankly deserve to be treated equally with men.’
Totally agree, although it struck me that in any other walk of life urgent questions would be being asked about the first bit and what the church intends to do about/is doing about the gender imbalance in the pews/why this is the case and whether it is a problem or not.
Martine Oborne’s clarification is a measured response about a sunset clause for, rather than an immediate repudiation of, the Five Guiding Principles. I hope and suspect it will turn out to be the considered view of the majority of parishes.
Bell: ‘I absolutely do believe that sacramental marriage should be opened to all couples. I absolutely do believe that God is already at work in queer marriages and that the church is doing itself a disservice in refusing to recognise this. I am absolutely committed to seeing the doctrine of marriage enlarged and – in being enlarged – enriched. All of that is no surprise. … clergy entering into something the church does not call marriage is not going to change any of that – it cannot. In other words, whilst clergy might enter into a covenant that the state calls marriage,… Read more »
From WATCH:
‘Women are two thirds of our congregations and frankly deserve to be treated equally with men.’
Totally agree, although it struck me that in any other walk of life urgent questions would be being asked about the first bit and what the church intends to do about/is doing about the gender imbalance in the pews/why this is the case and whether it is a problem or not.