{"id":47914,"date":"2023-04-22T08:51:58","date_gmt":"2023-04-22T08:51:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/global-anglican-gathering-rejects-blessing-of-same-sex-couples-calls-for\/"},"modified":"2023-04-26T08:08:20","modified_gmt":"2023-04-26T08:08:20","slug":"global-anglican-gathering-rejects-blessing-of-same-sex-couples-calls-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/global-anglican-gathering-rejects-blessing-of-same-sex-couples-calls-for\/","title":{"rendered":"Global Anglican Gathering rejects blessing of same-sex couples, calls for communion reset"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The conference, attended by 1,300 delegates from 52 countries, including over 300 bishops and more than 450 clergy, rejected the Church of England&#8217;s decision and the authority of any Anglican denomination that accepts homosexuality.<\/p>\n<p>The Kigali Commitment, a statement released by GAFCON delegates, refers to the blessing of same-sex unions as &#8220;pastorally deceptive and blasphemous.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Citing the 1998 Lambeth Conference&#8217;s Resolution I.10, the document reaffirms the stance that homosexual practice is incompatible with Scripture and advises against legitimizing or blessing same-sex unions.<\/p>\n<p>GAFCON delegates, joined by the Global South Fellowship of Anglican Churches, are calling for a reset of the Anglican Communion and no longer recognize the Archbishop of Canterbury as an Instrument of Communion. <\/p>\n<p>They seek to establish a clear identity and robust leadership structure for orthodox Anglicans worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>In response, a spokesperson for Lambeth Palace, the Archbishop of Canterbury&#8217;s official residence, emphasized the importance of working together and engaging in open discussions to maintain unity within the Anglican Communion. <\/p>\n<p>The Church of England&#8217;s General Synod had voted in February to allow priests to bless same-sex couples, though its formal teaching on marriage and authorized liturgies remain unchanged.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-47431 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/52825660330_d5f95ac05b_b-036a4.jpg\" alt=\"The conference attended by 1,300 delegates from 52 countries, including over 300 bishops and more than 450 clergy in Kigali rejected the Church of England&#039;s decision. \" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{In a significant development within the Anglican Communion, the fourth Global Anglican Future Conference (GAFCON) held in Kigali, Rwanda, has called for a &#8220;resetting&#8221; of the global Anglican Communion after the Church of England approved the blessing of same-sex couples.} <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[72,75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-47914","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-featured-news-home","tag-homenews","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"featured_image":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47914","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47914"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47914\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47914"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=47914"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=47914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}