Last week General Synod voted to conclude the Living in Love and Faith process. Headlines quickly declared that the Church of England had “abandoned” same-sex blessing plans. But what was actually decided? And what does the vote really mean for the future direction of the Church?

In this podcast, I walk carefully through the motion, the amendments, and the vote by Houses. We look at what passed, what failed, why the bishops voted as they did, and how different media outlets framed the outcome. More importantly, we ask the deeper question beneath the sexuality debate: what does this moment reveal about authority, Scripture, unity, and the coherence of the Church?

This was not a final theological settlement. It was the end of one synodical phase and the beginning of another. The debate has not disappeared. It has shifted form.

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