In some ways, the Anglican approach to human identity and sexuality has already been solved by previous Lambeth Conferences. There is no reason to keep trying to visit and revisit the issue.
Read moreLambeth Conference 2022: God's Church for God's World -- Listening, walking and witnessing together
Read more"The Lambeth Conference has spent nearly three weeks (July 18-August 9) deliberating issues of human sexuality ..." The bishops wrote." We have met in a climate of enormous diversity and have attempted both to articulate our views and listen carefully to those of others."
Read moreDespite this, a number of provinces have opted to ordain gay, married bishops or permit same-sex weddings. They include the Episcopal Church in America (TEC), the Episcopal Anglican Church of Brazil, the Anglican Church of Canada, the Anglican Church of Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia, the Scottish Episcopal Church and the Church in Wales.
Read moreThe gay and lesbian coalition has turned Lambeth Conference on its ear. The focus has shifted from the Cross, if the focus was ever on the Cross, to diversity, inclusion, and equality -- the trinity of self-aggrandizement.
The Episcopal News Service headline tells the story: "'A wave of love': Episcopal bishops join march in support of LGBTQ+ inclusion in Canterbury."
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Read moreSpeaking at their opening Press Conference of the Lambeth Conference, leaders of the Global South Fellowship of Anglican Churches (GSFA) said they had taken the move after extensive requests to the Archbishop of Canterbury for a stand-alone resolution and, following the inserted reference to Lambeth 1.10 was withdrawn, on Tuesday, from the 'Human Dignity 'Call'.
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Bishop Rasalam has been on the radar for a decade since 2012. He has been VI Bishop of South Kerala since 2011 and Moderator (Primate) of the Church of South India since 2020.
Read moreLAMBETH CALL: HUMAN DIGNITY
PREFACE
Read moreWhat the world is seeing is seeing is the unhappy divisions, the discord, and confusion, the pride and arrogance of very selfish people. It is a people concerned only about their own personal wants without regard for the welfare -- the spiritual well-being -- of the greater whole.
Read moreIt can also be announced that bishops will now be given a third option for responding to the Lambeth Calls when they are discussed during the conference -- bishops will now be able to clearly state their opposition to a particular Call. The options will be:
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