The General Synod voted today to move to the next stage of the process - to send the draft legislation to revision... The Archbishop of Canterbury said he was praying for the day he could vote for the bill...
with a sense of full-hearted gladness that this is good news for everyone to some degree in our Church. Because if it isn’t then I think there is something missing in our witness to one another as well as to the world.according to Christianity today...
Synod members now have until March 16 to submit proposed amendments for consideration by the revision committee. The full revision process will take years, however, and the Church of England said the first woman bishop would not be consecrated until at least 2014.... talk about a tortoise pace! Mind you in this year of celebrating Darwin it could be apt that the C of E changes by evolution rather than revolution... just a shame it does it in geological time frames! ;)
Update - Dave Walkers Cartoon makes the point succinctly - as ever
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