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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
National
Sophie Halle-Richards

Church of England considering whether God could become gender-neutral

The Church of England say it is considering alternative ways of referring to God after priests asked to be allowed to use gender-neutral terms instead.

The Church said it would be launching a new project in the spring about whether the pronoun 'he' can be changed or not.

Any potential alterations, which would mark a departure from traditional Jewish and Christian teachings dating back millennia, would have to be approved by synod, the Church’s decision-making body.

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