Friday, July 8, 2016

Church of England Evangelical Council tries to stall gay marriage

From The Church Times-

THE Church of England Evangelical Council (CEEC) has attempted to push back the movement towards greater acceptance of same-sex relationships.

On the eve of the Shared Conversations at the General Synod in York this weekend, the Council has issued a Q&A designed to puncture notions that scripture could be compatible with same-sex relationships.

And, writing in the Church Times, the Bishop of Blackburn, the Rt Revd Julian Henderson, argues that the authority of the Bible “must not be superseded by pastoral, anthropological, and missional arguments”.

The Church should not be worried about being at odds with cultural norms, says Bishop Henderson, who is the president of the CEEC. “The Christian community has never been called to popularity,” he writes. “The gospel is an offence because of its call to repentance.”


More here-

https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2016/8-july/news/uk/ceec-tries-to-stall-gay-marriage

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