Same-Sex Blessing Vote, 'Conversion Therapy' Bill, and Suella Braver-gone
How significant is the Church of England vote to trial same-sex blessings? How should we respond to another bill to ban 'conversion therapy'? What can leaders learn from the cabinet reshuffle?
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In this episode, Phil Topham (Executive Director), Graham Beynon (Head of Local Ministries), and John Stevens (National Director) discuss some of the main stories in the news over the past weeks.
00:00 - Introduction
00:30 - FIEC Leaders' Conference
04:06 - Changes to the FIEC Doctrinal Basis
07:29 - Church of England vote on blessing same-sex marriage
16:48 - New conversion therapy bill
21:52 - Pastoral care for people experiencing same-sex attraction or gender dysphoria
23:55 - Suella Braver-gone: cabinet reshuffle
33:12 - The Hub conference
Show notes
- Ministry of Justice (Leaders' Conference 2023) (fiec.org.uk)
- Doctrinal Basis and Constitutional Changes Approved (fiec.org.uk)
- General Synod agrees to trial services for same-sex couples after marathon debate (churchtimes.co.uk)
- Conversion therapy ban tabled by Lib Dem peer (bbc.co.uk)
- Sunak reshuffle shows he's done with playing it safe (news.sky.com)
- The Hub 2024 (fiec.org.uk)
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