The information below is an archive of the information on the LLF website for the period up to 2023 and for reference only.
The LLF journey went from ‘listening’, to ‘discerning’ and now to ‘implementing.’ Having listened to the people of the Church of England, engaged with the LLF resources, with Scripture, and the tradition of the Church, the bishops shared their response with General Synod in February 2023. Following this, three implementation working groups were formed, to take this forward: the Pastoral Guidance Working Group, the Prayers of Love and Faith Working Group and the Pastoral Reassurance Working Group. The groups were made up of episcopal and non-episcopal members, each led by two episcopal co-chairs. Alongside Bishop Sarah Mullally and Bishop Philip Mounstephen, these co-chairs formed the LLF Implementation Steering Group.
The overview
The Living in Love and Faith resources are to enable the whole Church to embark on a journey together. This journey had five stages:
- Learning together about the subject matter, about each other, about God and about our calling as a Church (from April 2022).
- Listening to what is emerging from our learning together about identity, sexuality, relationships and marriage and about our life together as church communities and as a national Church (from September 2022).
- Discerning what the Holy Spirit is saying to the Church today (from December 2022).
- Deciding how discernment is translated into a way forward for the Church (from February 2023).
- Implementing the ways forward agreed by the bishops and General Synod.