Anglican Church

“Instead, Gafcon chose a committee-style leadership as it sought to reorder the communion due to Canterbury’s leftward shift.” - CToday

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“The so-called Confirmation of Election service marks a major milestone for the Church of England, which ordained its first female priests in 1994 and its first female bishop in 2015.” - AP

“After decades of fierce controversies over sexuality and theology in the Anglican Communion, some leaders of a conservative coalition say it’s time to make a final break from what has long been one of the world’s largest Protestant church families.” - RNS/AP

“The majority of the Anglican Communion still believes that the Bible requires a male-only episcopacy. Therefore, her appointment will make it impossible for the archbishop of Canterbury to serve as a focus of unity within the Communion.” - RNS

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“We need to be able to teach and preach what has always been understood as the Christian position on marriage and call out other views as errant.” - CPost

“The church’s national assembly voted in February to allow clergy to bless the unions of same-sex couples who have had civil weddings or partnerships. … used for the first time on Sunday.” - AP

“The proposals are to be considered at the next Synod in November, as is new pastoral guidance on how the system will operate.” - CPost

“Want to know how to cause a church split? The deepest fault lines – sex, money and pride – have been obvious for centuries, said Archbishop Kanishka Raffel of the Anglican Diocese of Sydney, Australia.” - GetReligion

“Gafcon gathering in Rwanda pledges to create alternative authority structures, while Global South fellowship stays separate.” - CToday

“Faithful Anglicans from around the world gather… for the Global Anglican Future Conference (GAFCON), a renewal movement within the family of churches descended from the missionary activities of the Church of England.” - Juicy Ecumenism