Four Gafcon primates to nix Lambeth Conference over homosexuality
by David Virtue, VOL:
Attempts to coerce reluctant orthodox archbishops and bishops to attend the next Lambeth Conference seem not to be working. Appeals have fallen on deaf ears.
The prevailing issue is, of course, the passage of Lambeth Resolution 1:10 which recognized that sex between a man and woman in their marriage is the only valid expression of their ‘sexuality,’ denying all other options as consistent with the Christian faith.
Four African Primates have said they will not be attending Lambeth in July and blasted Justin Welby and Lambeth, believing he has married the spirit of the age over sexuality. They are: ++Henry Ndukuba Primate, Church of Nigeria; ++Laurent Mbanda Primate, Church of Rwanda, ++Ole Sabit, Primate of Kenya and ++Stephen Kaziimba Primate, Church of Uganda. There will be other African bishops who will not attend, but whose primate will. Together these three primates represent 30 million of the 70 million Anglicans in the Communion. No small change.
A communique issued by visiting primates to England recently, lamented the absence of the three primates who chose to stay away, but those same primates noted that the Communique failed to state with any remorse and repentance the issues that necessitated their absence at the 2008 Lambeth Conference.
Welby is doing his best to sidetrack the primates away from any talk about sexuality knowing full well how divisive it is. But he cannot ignore the elephant in the room, namely Lambeth Resolution 1:10 which absolutely forbade homosexual behavior.
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