The global Anglican Communion's Lamberth Conference will be held this year at Cantebury, England. The conference takes place once every ten years and is designed to bring together all Anglican's world-wide and promote the unity of the communion.
The controversy over the role of homosexuals in the church is threatening to tear apart the Anglican Communion. It may have already done so. Many Anglican Bishops who support the historic, orthodox views on the subject have decided not to attend the conference and rather, attend a competing conference to be held in Jerusalem.
In 2007, J. I. Packer wrote a paper explaining the position of those who hold the historic, orthodox views. Packer explains that the real issue is not homosexuality, but rather how we view scripture. Although the paper is rather lengthy, I highly recommend that you read it. You can access the paper through this link. http://www.anglican-mainstream.net/2007/11/23/global-realignment-who-we-are-and-where-we-stand-ji-packer/
Although I am not an Anglican, I feel that all believers should pray for the Anglican Communion at this time. We should all want God's will to be done and for his word to be recognized as truth throughout the world. Once a church cuts its tie to the anchor of God's word, it is truly a boat adrift on the sea.
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It is, to say the least, offensive to suggest that a church which disagrees with your opinion about something has "cut its tie to the anchor of God's word".
Consider that to the vast majority of Christians in the world, and historically, Evangelical Protestantism is viewed as having cut its tie to the anchor of God's word. It might be more prudent for us to avoid casting stones.
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