Living in Love and Faith

What is Living in Love and Faith?

Living in Love and Faith is the term used for the Church of England’s discernment process about identity, sexuality, relationships and marriage. The Church of England is aware that issues of gender and sexuality are intrinsic to people’s experience, their sense of identity, their lives and the loving relationships that shape and sustain them. As such, the Church is seeking to understand what it means to follow Christ in love and faith, given these questions about human identity and the variety of patterns of relationship emerging in our society, including marriage, civil partnership, cohabitation, celibacy and friendship.

Join in with prayer for this journey:

God, whose name is Love,
Whose gift is life,
Whose word holds all in being;
Bless Living in Love and Faith to your church
As we seek to grow together
Into the truth of our humanity and longings,
Into communities where all find welcome,
into the fullness that is your image in us;
Through the Word made flesh,
Our Saviour Jesus Christ.
Amen.