The Scottish Episcopal Church has been holding its diocesan synods, and voting on proposals that would allow for some clergy to perform marriages for same-sex couples. The proposals would change Canon 31 of the Scottish Episcopal Church, and will face a final vote at the General Synod, to be held this July.
Failure to pass in the House of Clergy means the report on the CoE’s approach to marriage equality and full inclusion is rejected; but does that mean the CoE goes back to square one?
Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby had strong words about the state of western politics at the opening of the General Synod of the Church of
Can you guess why?
On November 13th, the Global Anglican Future Conference released a list of members of the Church of England they felt had violated Lambeth Resolution I.10
Bishop Nicholas fully understands, and lives by, the House of Bishops’ guidance on issues in human sexuality. For me, and for those who assisted in his appointment, the fact that Bishop Nicholas is gay is not, and has never been, a determining factor.”
The Rev. Bosco Peters writes about the sticky state of marriage canons in the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand, and Polynesia.
Representatives of less than a dozen congregations are due to gather in Tunbridge Wells this week to discuss how they will uphold traditional teaching. They have no immediate plan to break away from the church but are forming “embryonic” structures in case the church continues to move in what they consider to be a liberal direction.
South African anti-apartheid campaigner Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu has admitted himself to a Cape Town hospital for treatment of a recurring infection, according to his family foundation.
Provincial Synod to discuss resolution allowing for blessing of same-sex civil unions and ordination of LGBT persons