From the Church of England Evangelical Council
The Church of England’s teaching about marriage and sexual relationships other than marriage currently faces a number of challenges:
- Within British society, attitudes to sexual relationships have changed in recent decades and there are plans to redefine marriage.
- Within the Anglican Communion, some dioceses and provinces are changing their teaching and practice.
- Ecumenically, some of our sister churches, notably among the Porvoo churches, are also revising their doctrine and marriage liturgies.
Matthew Townsend is a Halifax-based freelance journalist and volunteer advocate for survivors of sexual misconduct in Anglican settings. He served as editor of the Anglican Journal from 2019 to 2021 and communications missioner for the Anglican Diocese of Quebec from 2019 to 2022. He and his wife recently entered catechism class in the Orthodox Church in America.
