E-mail
Print
RSS
G-bookmarks
Live
TechnoratiMcLaren exhorted bishops to take a “missiological” and culturally sensitive view of homosexuality, an issue that has divided the Church particularly since the U.S. Episcopal Church’s consecration of the openly gay Gene Robinson as Bishop of New Hampshire in 2003.
“To deal with this issue of human sexuality in some places in the world is very different than in other places in the world,” he said. “If you are deeply, deeply committed to making followers of Jesus Christ, you have to be conscious of those settings and the real challenge is the person in [one] setting to be conscious of the difficulties of the person in [the other] setting.”
McLaren's comments come as the archbishop of the Episcopal Church of Sudan affirmed the authority of Scripture on Tuesday.
"The culture does not change the Bible; the Bible changes the culture. Cultures that do not approve of the Bible are left out of the Church’s life," the Most Rev. Dr. Daniel Deng Bul said.
This year, Anglican leaders are approaching Lambeth differently, moving away from legislation and toward more conversation as they try to better understand one another amid divisions. Discussions will center on highly debated issues including biblical authority, human sexuality and Anglican identity.
hmconyers »
Agree: 
Disagree: 
