Can an Anglican Church Oppose Blessing Prayers and Still Be Welcoming?

In this episode, we’re answering your questions on church, covering topics such as: unhelpful messages churches transmit and more positive alternatives; welcoming and including people while sticking to a biblical sexual ethic; supporting those who have had a negative experience of conversion therapy; and finding contentment in singleness in your 40s. Below are suggestions of just some of the resources which provide more answers to these questions. 

Resources mentioned and related 

• Don’t Miss the Role Models Andrew Bunt 
• What Do We Celebrate? Anne Witton 
• A Beautiful Mess Ed Shaw 
• What the Church Needs to Get Right Andy Robinson 
• What Does it Mean to be a Truly Inclusive Church? Anne Witton 
• Listening Carefully and in Full Andrew Bunt 
• Does Living Out Support ‘Gay Cure’ or ‘Reparative Therapy’? Ed Shaw 
• Podcast Series: The Plausibility Problem 
• The Intimacy Deficit by Ed Shaw