firemedic58 | Flickr | is.gd/1ERfeX‘Pastorally Unsustainable’ September 12, 2018 Clips, News Anna Morrell reports for the Church in Wales that bishops will begin to “explore formal provision for same-sex couples in church”: Members of the Church’s Governing Body agreed with the bishops that the current situation of no formal provision was “pastorally unsustainable”. They voted with a clear majority in favour of the bishops looking at new approaches which could be brought back to the Governing Body for approval at a later date. The private ballot followed a presentation to the meeting from the Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church, Bishop Mark Strange, on the process that church went through before it decided to accept same-sex marriage. There was then a question session with Bishop Mark and an open discussion on the bishops’ request. Read the rest.
