Church of England weddings have fallen to their lowest level since the 1830s. But the real story isn’t the numbers — it’s how the Church is responding to them.When a senior bishop reassures couples that they don’t need to be churchgoers, baptised, or living as disciples to have a church wedding, it raises a deeper question: have we forgotten what Christian marriage is actually for?Marriage in Scripture is a covenant before God — holy, weighty, and shaped by discipleship. When the Church lowers the bar to stay “welcoming,” it risks losing the very distinctiveness Christ calls us to.
