We won’t offer prayers of blessing for same-sex relationships at St Michael’s; and we won’t welcome anyone to officiate or preach at St Michael’s who is unable to affirm the statement below:
St Michael’s affirms the current Church of England doctrine that the only place for sexual activity is in marriage between one man and one woman, which is intended to be for life, since we believe this to be the pattern given to us in scripture. We affirm the beauty, as commended in scripture, of both marriage and celibate singleness. We seek to provide good pastoral support for those who may struggle to live by this teaching and welcome all people to St Michael’s, regardless of their sexual status or orientation. We seek to be a Church which is a loving Christian community, an extended family, and a place where we hold to a traditional Christian view of marriage, as set out in scripture and the Book of Common Prayer, 39 Articles and Ordinal, and to do so with grace and love.