Church of England Conmns Gay Clerics for Outg Prits as Bishops Prep for LGBT Debate | Church & Mistri News

Contents:

• ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY NMNS GAY MARRIAGE, BUT ANGLIN BISHOPS REMA DIVID
• CHURCH OF ENGLAND CONMNS GAY CLERICS FOR OUTG PRITS AS BISHOPS PREP FOR LGBT DEBATE
• THE FIRST OPENLY GAY BISHOP IS A HUGE STEP FORWARD – BUT ’S NOT ENOUGH
• RAYMOND J. SOUZA: BISHOP REBELLN OVER GAY MARRIAGE ULD DOOM ANGLIN CHURCH
• FIRST OPENLY GAY EPISPAL BISHOP TO DIVORCE HBAND
• AIN ANGLIN CHURCH'S STANCE ON GAY RIGHTS IS SERLY AT ODDS WH ARCHBISHOP JT WELBY'S LEARSHIP
• AIN ANGLINS NOUNCE CHURCH OF ENGLAND GAY BISHOP LE
• GAY BISHOP’S NSECRATN DIVIS ANGLINS
• THE ANGLIN CHURCH’S ‘KICK THE GUTS’ TO GAY PARISHNERS
• CHURCH OF ENGLAND CONMNS GAY CLERICS FOR OUTG PRITS AS BISHOPS PREP FOR LGBT DEBATE

ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY NMNS GAY MARRIAGE, BUT ANGLIN BISHOPS REMA DIVID

On 7 June 2003 Gene Robson be the first openly gay bishop the Epispal church of the US; on 3 Augt 2022 Archbishop Jt Welby “affirms validy” of the 1998 Lambeth claratn that homosexual relatnships are patible wh scripture (Jt Welby ‘affirms validy’ of 1998 gay sex is s claratn, 2 Augt). Ian GordonFolktone, Kent The affirmatn that gay sex is a s will e much nsternatn, cludg among many Anglins who regnise the sufferg that this regrsive posn has flicted on gay people. William BartramHampton, Greater London I spect that a lot of people will share my disgt at the affirmatn that gay sex is a s.

Although Jt Welby, the archbishop of Canterbury, recently affirmed the validy of a 1998 claratn that gay sex was a s, there are signs that the C of E may be movg towards allowg clergy to follow their nscience on the issue. Anglin church the US, Stland and Canada have already moved to start nductg same-sex weddgs, while the church Wal has started offerg blsgs to married gay upl.

CHURCH OF ENGLAND CONMNS GAY CLERICS FOR OUTG PRITS AS BISHOPS PREP FOR LGBT DEBATE

The head of the Anglin Communn attempted to rerce the church's stance agast homosexual marriage this week, but the move was squashed by outcry om var ntroversy me to a head durg the ongog 2022 Lambeth Conference — a rare meetg of Anglin Communn bishops om around the world.

The Global South Fellowship of Anglin Church (GSFA) — self-scribed as "a worldwi fellowship of orthodox Anglin Provc and Dc wh the Anglin Communn" — me to the nference wh the gay marriage ban firmly on their agenda. A ll was schled for the nference — a sort of vote amongst the bishops to endorse or abandon proposed belief next day — after word got out about the ph for a formal rejectn of homosexual marriage — the nference was threatened wh bishops reportedly stayed seated and did not receive the Eucharist durg the mass.

(Photo by Gareth Fuller/PA Imag via Getty Imag) Anglinism has been acturg for s over gay relatnships, women's ordatn and other issu. Those rifts blew wi open 2003 when the New York-based Epispal Church nsecrated the first openly gay bishop, Gene Robson, New Hampshire. Epispal legislative body, or General Conventn, voted to thorize gay marriag their HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPIn 2009, Anglin natnal lears Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda and other church provc helped create the Anglin Church North Ameri, as a theologilly nservative alternative to the U.

THE FIRST OPENLY GAY BISHOP IS A HUGE STEP FORWARD – BUT ’S NOT ENOUGH

Pl even scrib reemed people, who were once idolaters, adulterers, homosexuals, and so forth, as spirually “chaste virgs” through the cleansg blood of Christ (2 Corthians 11:1-2). He wr, “…homosexualy has bee an inty, not jt a s… We, as the church, mt strive to treat those who stggle wh this s wh more re, and those the LGBT muny wh more Christlike love. Some argue for the term of “gay Christian.

Among those who advote for the term gay Christian ( should be noted that there is diversy of theologil opn here), some argue that the word “gay” is a more ntemporary synonym for same-sex attracted. Others pos that “gay” is ed as a scriptor rather than a fer.

RAYMOND J. SOUZA: BISHOP REBELLN OVER GAY MARRIAGE ULD DOOM ANGLIN CHURCH

Gog eper, some employ a very nuanced argument that while gay lt is sful, gay attractn self need not be ltful but n reprent an athetic appreciatn of bety and a sire for chaste iendship.

Many wh this muny g the term gay Christian argue that the phrase “same-sex attractn” is unknown among the larger LGBT muny and, therefore, lacks need missn engagement. Conversely, those who employ the language of same-sex attractn are ncerned that g the adjective “gay” to modify the noun “Christian, ” “obscur the disorred nature of same-sex sire. They also argue that when someone the general culture intifi themselv as gay, there is an implic acceptance of same-sex behavr.

FIRST OPENLY GAY EPISPAL BISHOP TO DIVORCE HBAND

They would suggt that most non-Christians would therefore assume that people who label themselv as gay Christians would rrpondgly accept same-sex sexual exprsn, cludg same-sex marriage. We pot out three problems we see biblilly and historilly wh g such signatns as “gay Christian, ” and, for that matter, “same-sex attracted believer.

One, there is the nfn ed by lack of fn and mon unrstandg of signatns such as “gay Christian, ” and “same-sex attracted believer. The addnal plitn wh the phras is that the LGBT muny at large do not distguish livg the liftyle of a gay person om someone only havg same-sex attractn. Certa Christian groups seem to be the only on attemptg to nuance gay behavr om same-sex attractn.

AIN ANGLIN CHURCH'S STANCE ON GAY RIGHTS IS SERLY AT ODDS WH ARCHBISHOP JT WELBY'S LEARSHIP

Dignatns such as “gay Christian, ” or “same-sex attracted Christian” are simply not what the spir of the New Ttament offers as a way of fg a Christian or his/her muny. We are not ultimately “gay Christians” or “same-sex attracted Christians;” we are Christians. Still, we do not believe wise nor mendable to adopt tegorilly the language of “gay Christian, ” or “same-sex attracted Christian” as the flt scriptn for those who experience same-sex attractn wh the ACNA.

To sist on the adjective “gay, ” wh all of s cultural attachments, is problematic to the pot that we nnot affirm s age relatn to the word “Christian. Neverthels, the theologil and pastoral misgivgs we share wh regard to the terms “gay Christian” and “same-sex attractn” are signifint.

| (Photo: Rters/Toby Melville)The Church of England is nmng a group of gay clerics who are seekg to out gay bishops and other clergy the Church, argug that the accatns uld spark a wch hunt agast Rev. Col Coward, founr of the gay prsure group Changg Attu, said that a number of bishops wh the CofE are gay. "There are at least 10 other bishops the Church who are gay, many of whom are some kd of relatnship, " Coward told the Sunday Tim.

AIN ANGLINS NOUNCE CHURCH OF ENGLAND GAY BISHOP LE

"I would enurage gay bishops to be open, but I would not 'out' them agast their will. "It is surprisg that mpaign groups which claim to support lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and tersex Christians would dulge such irrponsible tactics whereby such claims may lead to attempts to intify dividual bishops, " the church said, acrdg to the Daily Right Rev. Nicholas Chamberla, the bishop of Grantham, meanwhile revealed on Friday that he is gay and volved a long-term, celibate same-sex relatnship.

"People know I'm gay, but 's not the first thg I'd say to anyone. "Some gay and lbian clergy  the CofE have been urgg the Church to reject biblil teachgs on marriage as a unn between one man and one has not dited that the Church will be makg any such change, however.

GAY BISHOP’S NSECRATN DIVIS ANGLINS

What is more, 72 members of the Church's lg general synod wrote a letter Augt urgg bishops to adhere to the biblil doctre on 100 bishops are set to meet later September to discs the Church's posn on homosexualy and same-sex marriage as talks of a potential spl the Anglin Communn loom over the Stoyan Zaimov on Facebook: CPSZaimov Free Relig Freedom UpdatJo thoands of others to get the FREEDOM POST newsletter for ee, sent twice a week om The Christian Post. Although ’s a huge step forward to see a gay bishop e out, the ongog problem is that only some gay upl are acceptable to the Church of England. This requirement utterly means gay relatnships.

I me out as gay 2014 and still rry the srs. One major reason is the current climate around gay clergy. For me, as an openly gay Christian who disagre wh enforced celibacy and believ prits should be able to marry, I fear I’d simply be openg myself up to further damage, discrimatn, and heartache.

I worry that we are losg young people not jt om future clergy rol, but om even om stg the pews, due to our slow progrs on matters of g out, Chamberla said: “People know I’m gay, but ’s not the first thg I’d say to anyone. If the church wants to keep s current prits, and attract a new wave of recs, we need urgent progrs so that gay people feel safe wh s walls.

THE ANGLIN CHURCH’S ‘KICK THE GUTS’ TO GAY PARISHNERS

| Getty ImagThe four ndidat for bishop of an Epispal Church dce that recently garnered headl for refg to bls same-sex marriag have dited that they will allow the Epispal Dce of Albany has been whout a bishop sce the rignatn 2021 of William Love, who had issued an open letter 2020 refg to enforce a nomatnal le requirg all dc to allow for the blsg of gay marriag.

CHURCH OF ENGLAND CONMNS GAY CLERICS FOR OUTG PRITS AS BISHOPS PREP FOR LGBT DEBATE

”Ward wrote that he believ the issue of gay marriage is “tly plited” and that he rpects all sis on the issue, addg that if elected bishop, “honorg theologil diversy would be a prry.