Church of Nigeria criciz ACNA over "Dear Gay Anglins" letter - Anglin Ink © 2023

Contents:

• THE ANGLIN CHURCH’S ‘KICK THE GUTS’ TO GAY PARISHNERS
• GAY ANGLINS THE ACNA
• DEAR GAY ANGLINS LETTER
• CHURCH OF NIGERIA CRICIZ ACNA OVER “DEAR GAY ANGLINS” LETTER
• ANGLIN CHURCH AVOIDS SPL OVER GAY RIGHTS – BUT LIBERALS PAY PRICE

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

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. AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTDivisns over the acceptance of homosexualy have proved tractable both on a global level and si even liberal-leang untri like New Fuller/Prs Associatn, via Getty ImagWELLINGTON, New Zealand — Craig Watson has spent his life searchg for a church that accepts him fully as a gay man.

” In late July, Jt Welby, the archbishop of Canterbury and global lear of the Anglin Church (known the Uned Stat as the Epispal Church), affirmed as church policy a 1998 statement that rejects “homosexual practice as nsistent wh scripture. ”Divisns over the acceptance of homosexualy have raised doubts about whether the Anglin Church n rema uned, a nflict that has played out both on a global level and si even liberal-leang untri like New Zealand, where some Anglins have broken away to prerve tradnal tensns have pulled at the Anglin Church, which has 85 ln members worldwi, for s. In recent years, however, natnal church ​​Wal, Stland, Canada, Brazil and Mexi have voted to perm clergy to eher officiate or bls same-sex divisns were on display aga last month at Lambeth, the Anglin Church’s cennial nference, where the 650 bishops attendance argued over the treatment of lbian, gay and transgenr Rowland/Getty ImagThe archbishops of Nigeria, Rwanda and Uganda did not attend Lambeth prott of “biblil revisnism” by liberal church.

But he also sought to mollify nservative bishops, who reprent a majory of Anglins worldwi, by affirmg the 1998 statement llg homosexualy nsistent wh archbishop said that for church many untri, changg tradnal teachg on same-sex relatnships “challeng their very existence. ” At the same time, he noted, church elsewhere face “risn, ntempt and even attack” if they fail to support gay and transgenr equivalence drew new cricism om liberal Anglins like Mr. ” He left the Baptist church after beg prsured to what is known as nversn therapy, a discreded practice that aims to “reverse” the sexualy of gay people.

GAY ANGLINS THE ACNA

”He said he also felt signaled to other Christian nomatns New Zealand that teachgs cril of gays, lbians and transgenr people were acceptable. ”In an example of how the global divisns over homosexualy have been cemented, Atralian Anglins sought to tervene New Zealand, even though natnal church tradnally avoid terjectg themselv each other’s affairs, Dr. ”A versn of this article appears prt on, Sectn A, Page 9 of the New York edn wh the headle: Anglin Church Delivers a ‘Kick the Guts’ to Gay Lay.

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.

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. 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.

DEAR GAY ANGLINS LETTER

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.

CHURCH OF NIGERIA CRICIZ ACNA OVER “DEAR GAY ANGLINS” LETTER

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.

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. 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.

ANGLIN CHURCH AVOIDS SPL OVER GAY RIGHTS – BUT LIBERALS PAY PRICE

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. Pieter Valk, a celibate gay man Nashville who aspir to ordatn as an ACNA an, created as a vehicle for rpondg to a pastoral letter on “sexualy and inty” released by the ACNA College of Bishops January.

ACNA Archbishop Foley Beach rpond to the Dear Gay Anglins letter, sayg the issue is ser enough “that I am wrg this at 1:15 a. “In many of our partner provc, the practice of homosexualy is agast the law, and to make matters more difficult, they ually don’t unrstand the nuanc of the word ‘gay’ or ‘homosexual attractn’ — they jt hear the practice of same-sex immoraly.

The Epispal Church has officially weled gay and lbian bishops and prits, and the only remag bishop who refed to allow same-sex marriage r his dce rigned durg a disciplary procs.

However, the church nsistently teach that gay people are also children of God, and differentiat between sexual actns and sexual attractns.

Much of is a discsn of whether is preferable to refer to “gay Christians” or “same-sex attracted Christians, ” ncludg that both are problematic and have cultural baggage. “We m to take practil steps to bee church where gay Anglins n share all of their story, fd muny, and seek support, ” Valk’s letter said.