Evangelicals ‘Shocked’ at Justin Welby’s Award Honoring Christian Lesbian Singer Vicky Beeching

An evangelical Christian group in the U.K. says it’s in “shock” that Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby’s “outstanding service to the church” award has been given to Christian lesbian singer Vicky Beeching.

“Vicky Beeching rejects Christian teaching on sexual ethics by advocating for same-sex marriage,” Colin Hart, director of The Christian Institute, said in a statement on Tuesday.

“I’m shocked that the archbishop should choose to honor someone so out-of-step with the biblical understanding of marriage and sexual morality,” he added.

Beeching, who came out as a lesbian in 2014 and argued that God loves her “just the way I am,” received the Thomas Cranmer Award for Worship earlier this month by the head of the Anglican Communion.

“Still amazed this happened last Friday. Never thought, after coming out as gay, that I would receive an award like this. Means so much,” she tweeted in responce to the recognition.

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