'Gay Wedding' in the City
It is reported that a clergyman in our Diocese has used a bowdlerized form of the BCP wedding service to 'bind' two male clergymen after their civil partnership ceremony.

For more details, see the BBC Website (including a video interview with the minister concerned).
To see for yourself the form of service used in this ceremony, click here to download the pdf.
To compare the form of service with the Book of Common Prayer, click here.
For a Reform Press Release on this, click here.
To read an open letter from the Bishop of London to Revd Martin Dudley, click here.

What's Wrong with Women Bishops?
Professor Gerald Bray reviews the arguments for and against changing the episcopate, showing that there are good theological reasons for opposing the introduction of women bishops, and that such opposition need not be based on tradition and pragmatic concerns alone. See also this article by Professor Bray. The talk is available to download by clicking here.

For more on the General Synod vote to introduce women bishops, see the News section.

The Global Anglican Future Conference has released its Final Statement.
To sign a petition indicating your solidarity with the Statement, please click here.
There is also an opportunity for groups and organisations (such as
PCCs) to express solidarity by clicking here.

To win London for Christ through the Church of England we will

Educate ourselves about the issues at stake in the Church today

Build effective partnerships between churches at the local level

Act together in the Diocese to achieve real reform