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The Pilling Report, published in November 2013, recommended that the church\u2019s internal dialogue on the subject of human sexuality might best be addressed through a process of conversations across the church and involving others in the Anglican Communion. This recommendation was endorsed by the College of Bishops in January. The outlines of the process were agreed by the House of Bishops in May<\/b>.
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\nUnder the direction of the Archbishop of Canterbury\u2019s Director for Reconciliation, Canon David Porter, a team of around 20 trained facilitators will support a process of conversations across the Church of England. They will bring the skills necessary to ensure that the process provides a safe place for all viewpoints to be expressed and to keep the conversations to the objective of seeking understanding rather than having any predetermined trajectory.
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\nFollowing the meeting of the College of Bishops, the process will then extend across the dioceses, with dioceses working in \u201cclusters\u201d\u009d to enable 12 regional conversations, each involving around 60 participants, to experience the process….
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\nDioceses will look at ways to use their relationships with their companion links to involve participants from elsewhere in the Anglican Communion<\/b>.
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\n26 June 2014\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\nRead it all [pdf]<\/a>
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\nThe previous appeals and warnings given to the Church of England Bishops not to compromise their position in the Anglican Communion include:<\/p>\nStatement of the Global South Primates<\/a><\/p>\n
The Global South considers forward movement on the Pilling Report\u2019s recommendations as equal to what the North American churches did ten years ago which caused much confusion in the Communion.
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\nAfter more than 10 years of listening and conversation, we do not see a value of endless conversations and indabas.<\/p>\nWe are clear on what the Bible teaches about sexual relationships outside of the marriage of one man and one woman, and the need for pastoral care for those who find themselves in relationships outside of this. The dissenting view written by the Bishop of Birkenhead captures well our position. For us in the Global South, his view is the majority view, and we hope the Church of England Bishops will recognize this. The Church of England needs to be cautious in taking decisions that will compromise faith and the position of the Church of England within the Anglican Communion as well as the position of the Archbishop of Canterbury more<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n