The Church becomes 'church' by the working out of the Faith 'once and for all delivered to the saints' (Jude 3). Our common mindedness has to do with having the mind of Christ (Phil 2:5) and the Spirit, leading us into all truth, continually reminds us of the words and things of Jesus and glorifies him (John 15.26, 16: 12-15).

Secondly this is clarified further in the teaching of Jesus. Mark 10 1-9 ("The two will become one flesh") is set as the gospel for the wedding service, and when I preached at wedding services in Pakistan many Muslim women used to come to enquire further about it as they had never heard about this way in which the relationship between men and women is ordered.

We voted that belonging to the Anglican Communion matters to us and we are committed to the ongoing conversation. Next on the agenda was the St. Michael Report by the Primate's Theological Commission. Asked to give a theological opinion on whether the blessing of same-sex unions is a matter of doctrine, the answer was a clear "yes," but it is not a matter of core doctrine.

Redding's stated rationale is not the logic I'm thinking of. "I am both Muslim and Christian, just like I'm both an American of African descent and a woman. I'm 100 percent both." This sounds like the sort of subtlety that hides a profound truth. As St. Paul said, there is an element of paradox or "folly" whenever one preaches Christ. For that reason the preacher is forced to rely on the Spirit rather than on the eloquence of worldly wisdom.