David Runcorn David is a convenor of Inclusive Evangelicals. He is the author of Love means Love - same-sex relationships and the bible (SPCK) and the editor of the forthcoming Evangelical and Inclusive - a future and a hope (Canterbury). In the church of her youth Rachel recalls hearing speakers from communist countries where those who were ‘out’ as a Christian were persecuted. There were stories of suffering and hardship, and the talk would always end with a challenge. ‘

David Runcorn is a co-convenor of Inclusive Evangelicals and the author of Love means Love - same-sex relationships and the bible (SPCK 2020). When you want your beliefs to be compelling and persuasive to others, being able to claim the numbers are on your side is undeniably helpful.   This has not always been possible for evangelicals. For the first half of the last century, they were a beleaguered minority in the Church of England, their beliefs wholly unsupported by number

Canon Simon Butler was for some years one of the most senior priests in General Synod and a member of the Archbishops' Council. He is Rector of Holy Trinity & St Mary’s Guildford  . The crumbs of Living in Love and Faith ( LLF ) are meagre. Institutionally-speaking, the Church of England is almost as unwelcoming to those LGBT+people who wish to celebrate their life-long commitment before God as it was before LLF began. Whatever happened to “radical new Christian inclusion”?

Canon Dr Phil Groves, is a leading authority on the Global Anglican church. He was a CMS Mission partner and lecturer in theology at St Philip’s Kongwa in Tanzania. He served at the Anglican Communion Office for 10 years. He has attended two Lambeth Conferences, three Primates’ Meetings and four ACCs. He has a PhD on Partnership in the Anglican Communion and is Vicar of the parishes of Cuddington and of Stone, Dinton and Hartwell. This blog was first published by viamedia.new

The Inclusive Evangelical convenors met this week and Steve Hollinghurst writes this response on our behalf for those needing help understanding the present state of play on the slow and very painful journey towards inclusion. Other responses will be offered in due course so this is not a point by point addressing of the particular issues - in part because no final decisions have yet been made.     Steve writes: What follows is an interpretation of events from me as an IE con