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Historic Materials

General Synod Higton Motion 1987

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​General Synod motion passed on 11 November 1987.
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House of Bishops Statement 1994

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​Issues in Human Sexuality: A Statement by the House of Bishops. From around £4.
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Lambeth Conference 1998


​The Lambeth Conference, 
Resolutions from 1998: Resolution I.10 ‘Human Sexuality. 
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Some Issues in Human Sexuality

Some Issues in Human Sexuality: A Guide to the Debate (2003)
Extract available from Church House Publishing. In full from around £5.
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House of Bishops Statement 2005


​House of Bishops, 
Pastoral Statement on Civil Partnerships.
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General Synod Motion 2007


​General Synod motion passed in February 2007, on matters of sexuality.
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The Pilling Report

The House of Bishops Working Group on Human Sexuality: The Pilling Report (2013)
Available in hard copy from around £10, or as a PDF for free.
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A Critique of the Pilling Report

A critique of the Pilling Report, Oliver O’Donovan, Professor Emeritus, Christian Ethics and Practical Theology (Edinburgh University) (2014).
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House of Bishops Statement 2014


​House of Bishops, Pastoral Guidance on Same-Sex Marriage.
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Faith and Order Commission July 2016

Report from the Faith and Order Commission produced for the July 2016 General Synod and the Shared Conversations. 
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​A critique of the report can be read on the CEEC website here.

Letter from General Synod Members to Bishops 2016

A number of EGGS members signed an open letter to the College of Bishops which was subsequently published in the Church of England Newspaper in August 2016 and a copy sent to each bishop.
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Letter from Evangelical Leaders Oct 2016

Nearly 100 national evangelical leaders from a wide range of networks, churches and organisations write to the bishops of their desire for a renewed vision of a welcoming Church, and for maintaining continuity with our apostolic inheritance.
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House of Bishops Report 2017

A report from the House of Bishops: 'Marriage and Same Sex Relationships after the Shared Conversations'.  The General Synod will discuss the paper in a "Take Note" debate on the afternoon of Wednesday February 15th.
​To read the press conference at which this report was released 
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To read the report itself (GS 2055) 
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Gospel, Church and Marriage - Preserving Apostolic Faith and Life

At its January 2018 residential, the CEEC reflected on the attached paper ’Gospel, Church & Marriage - Preserving Apostolic Faith and Life’. The Council endorsed it for circulation as a reflection as to how the life changing goodness and ‘amazing grace’ of God can be brought to bear upon current and contentious discussion within the Church of England.
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A short overview/summary is also available here.
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