Living in Love and Faith

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Christian teaching and learning about identity, sexuality, relationships and marriage

Living in Love and Faith

Welcome to the Living in Love and Faith section of the Church of England website.

Moving Forward captures the six-year Living in Love and Faith journey and the reflections of people who have been involved. The film was made during January 2023 and focuses on the work of LLF as well as the deliberations of the College of Bishops. It reflects the bishops’ discernment about the way forward which bishops brought to Synod for members to contribute to, reflect on and debate. Synod voted in favour of this way forward with an amended motion on 9 February 2023.

To review the deliberations on Living in Love and Faith at General Synod, you can watch the live stream for the relevant sessions on Tuesday 7, Wednesday 8 (afternoon) and Thursday 9 (morning) February.

How do questions about identity, sexuality, relationships and marriage fit within the bigger picture of the good news of Jesus Christ? What does it mean to live in love and faith together as a Church?

 Since 2017, the Church of England has been journeying together exploring some of these questions by means of a suite of Living in Love and Faith resources that were published in November 2020. The bishops of the Church of England invited church communities from across the country to use the resources to learn together, to listen to one another and to God. Everyone who took part was encouraged to share their insights, stories and reflections in order to contribute to the bishops’ discernment about matters of identity, sexuality, relationships and marriage.