Inclusive Church

In 2022 the Archbishop encouraged every parish church to take part in the Church of England “Living in Love and Faith” course https://www.churchofengland.org/resources/living-love-and-faith

Following this a large cross section of the congregation at St Margaret’s proposed that we should join the Inclusive Church network https://www.inclusive-church.org/

We are proud to have joined this network and fully endorse the IC Statement:-

“We believe in inclusive church – a church which celebrates and affirms every person and does not discriminate.

We will continue to challenge the church where it continues to discriminate against people on grounds of disability, economic power, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, learning disability, mental health, neurodiversity, or sexuality.

We believe in a Church which welcomes and serves all people in the name of Jesus Christ; which is scripturally faithful; which seeks to proclaim the Gospel afresh for each generation; and which, in the power of the Holy Spirit, allows all people to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Jesus Christ.”