Category - sexuality

Anglicans challenged on power, sex and ‘traditionalism’

Press Office — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 21:32:55 +0100

But new research from the religion and society think-tank Ekklesia suggests that those who want to keep the church defined by very narrow parameters are straying from well established Christian tradition.

Mugabe condemns Williams and sides with anti-gay Anglicans

staff writers — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 10:03:17 +0100

In a campaign comment ahead of today's election in Zimbabwe, President Robert Mugabe has condemned Archbishop Rowan Williams as lacking a "moral compass" and said that gays in the church are a sign of "moral degeneracy".

Evangelical leader criticises failure to condemn violence against gays

staff writers — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 10:18:50 +0100

The head of the Church Army, a leading Anglican mission agency with a significant evangelical constituency, has expressed his distress at the failure of two Anglican archbishops to clearly condemn violence against gay people.

British Methodists gear up for annual conference

staff writers — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 09:08:30 +0100

This year's Methodist Conference - the governing body of the Church - will take place in Scarborough from 5-10 July and will debate embryology and early human life, equality and diversity, youth and the Anglican Covenant.

Listening and learning in the sexuality debate

Savi Hensman — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 11:15:38 +0000

As part of the 'listening process' in the Anglican Communion over the extensive disagreements about human sexuality, Ekklesia associate Savitri Hensman has prepared a paper on Learning, Listening, Scripture and Sexuality which seeks both to take the conversation forward and to affirm the role of lesbian and gay Christians as active and baptised members in the church, in accordance with a faithful and interpretatively sensitive reading of its the texts and tradition.

Savi Hensman

Shifting Evangelical opinion on sexuality

Press Office — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 09:51:31 +0000

Simon Barrow, co-director of the religion and society think-tank Ekklesia, which has argued that an inclusive stance towards lesbian and gay people is compatible with the historic commitments of ma

Leading Evangelical bishop calls for fresh approach to sexuality row

staff writers — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 09:35:29 +0000

Bishop of Liverpool James Jones has called for a change of heart among Evangelicals in the bitter argument about sexuality, Scripture and authority. But he has not fully sanctioned same-sex relations, as some media reports have suggested.

Anglicans need deep learning not cheap victory

Savi Hensman — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 11:02:08 +0000

Some church leaders caught up in the sexuality row not only refuse to consider scholarship which does not conform to their own perspective but also demand the right to prohibit others from acting on the fruits of study, says Savi Hensman. Anglicans need to be learners not warriors.

Call for UK to put children at the heart of its HIV/AIDS strategy

staff writers — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 08:37:16 +0000

Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu has joined members of the Working Group on Orphans and Vulnerable Children calling on the UK government to put children at the heart of its new strategy for tackling HIV/AIDS throughout the world.

Concern expressed over possible exclusion of bishops from Lambeth

staff writers — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 07:49:41 +0000

As inclusive Anglicans representing what many call the 'orthodox centre' in the church have been meeting in a major gathering called Drenched in Grace, concern has been expressed that the Archbishop of Canterbury is giving in to pressure from hardliners.