Leading evangelical bishops call for Church to change on gays

Jun 16, 2016 by

by Ruth Gledhill, Christian Today:

Two prominent bishops have called for evangelicals in the Church of England to cease their fighting over homosexuality and accept other evangelicals as such, even when they take a pro-gay stance.

Bishop of Liverpool Paul Bayes and Bishop of Dorchester Colin Fletcher are among contributors to a new book edited by Jayne Ozanne, a lay member of the General Synod and former member of the Archbishops’ Council, who counts herself as evangelical and last year came out as gay.

Bishop Fletcher criticises the “immense” damage to “far too many good Christian people” by the Church’s attitude to gay people. Bishop Bayes says: “We need to change the Church – to make room and to extend the table.”

In the book, Journeys in Grace and Truth – Revisiting Scripture and Sexuality, the contributors explain why they have moved towards an “affirming view” of same-sex relationships.

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See also: C of E Bishop: “Re-think traditional view of marriage”, from Christian Institute

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