Archbishop of Canterbury appeals for unity at the start of Synod

Feb 11, 2020 by

from Christian Today:

The Archbishop of Canterbury has told Anglicans at odds with each other over sexuality and marriage that their real enemy is the devil, not each other.

In a plea for unity at the start of the February meeting of its parliamentary body, General Synod, Justin Welby said it was his desire to see Anglicans taking the Gospel to the world “together, not biting and snapping at one another”.

With the Lambeth Conference coming up at the end of July and the Living in Love and Process due to be published in a few months, the Archbishop said that 2020 was a “significant year” for the Anglican Communion.

Repeating a recent call for Anglicans to be “less inwardly-focused”, he appealed to Synod members to set aside divisions and “party politics”, which he said were rooted in anxiety and fear, and called on them to pray for each other, “especially for those with whom we disagree”.

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