Showing posts with label same-sex relationships. Show all posts
Showing posts with label same-sex relationships. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 20, 2010

GERMANY: Archbishop of Canterbury to deliver keynote speech to Lutherans

Story courtesy of EpiscopalLife Online and the Ecumenical News International, Geneva.  Now let's see what trouble the ABC will stir up among our Lutheran "brethren" [our sisters and brothers]...read the story below

Ecumenical News International, Geneva] Lutherans from around the world are converging on the German city of Stuttgart for the 11th Assembly of the Lutheran World Federation, where on July 22 Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams will deliver the keynote address.

Williams, the spiritual leader of the 78-million-strong Anglican Communion, may offer advice in his keynote address on how to deal with the issue of clergy who are in same-sex relationships, as this issue has left his communion verging on a schism and has triggered fierce debate among Lutherans.

The Geneva-based LWF comprises 140 member churches in 79 countries, representing more than 70 million Christians, and it is expecting an estimated 1000 people, including 418 delegates from Lutheran churches, to participate in the Stuttgart assembly.

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