There are two articles here about the 2022 Lambeth Conference. Taking place from July 26th through August 8th. The Anglican Church’s conference includes bishops from around 160 countries determining the course of the Anglican church.

Which is one of following the world rather than the Word of God.

Which is one of accommodating sin and sexual immorality over upholding the truth of God’s Word and will.

Which is a sign of the Great Falling Away, of increasing divisions, of Satan having entered deeper and wider into the professed church that no longer resembles what true Christianity means and ought to exemplify.

Love of the world and sin over the love of God and Christ and the inerrancy and infallibility of the living Word of God.

For there is no such a person as a practicing lesbian, homosexual, bisexual, or transgender that is a Christian. 

That is impossible according to the Word of God. No matter how much the reprobate and wicked will of man, so-called “Christian leaders” desire to corrupt the truth of the Word and pervert the truth of God further.

What Does the Bible Say About Marriage Between One Man And One Woman?

There are two articles on this subject below; “Reaffirmation of traditional stance on marriage and sexuality dropped from Lambeth Call” and “Lambeth 2022: a call to reaffirm traditional marriage and sexuality is proving to be the cat among the pigeons.” revealing how Satan and the world have entered into the church and the great divisions caused all due to the one subject of sexuality and marriage. Exactly as the devil desires things to be on this lost world he has dominion over as more and more professing to be Christians prove they are otherwise, that they are in truth children of Satan and not children of God. That they are children of disobedience and are in no manner disciples of the Lord Jesus Christ!

Ken Pullen, A CROOKED PATH, Wednesday, July 27th, 2022

Reaffirmation of traditional stance on marriage and sexuality dropped from Lambeth Call

27 July 2022

By Staff Writer

Reprinted from Christian Today [in the U.K.]

The organisers of the Lambeth Conference have dropped sections of a draft ‘Call’ that sought to uphold marriage as a union between a man and a woman, and reject the homosexual practice as incompatible with Scripture.

The Lambeth Conference is bringing together 650 Anglican bishops from across the globe to discuss and agree upon a series of ‘Calls’.

The Call on Human Dignity had included “the reaffirmation of Lambeth 1:10 that upholds marriage as between a man and a woman and requires deeper work to uphold the dignity and witness of lesbian, homosexual, bisexual, transgender, and queer Anglicans”.

The wording prompted a backlash from liberal bishops who vowed to work towards securing revisions.

Bishop Tim Thornton, Chair of the Lambeth Calls Subgroup, confirmed on Monday that revisions would be made to the document.

The new draft has now been published and omits any reference to a reaffirmation of Lambeth 1.10.

Bishop Thornton said, “We have listened carefully and prayerfully to what bishops and many others have said in response to the draft Calls, especially that on Human Dignity.

“Archbishop [of Canterbury] Justin [Welby] has invited the bishops of the Anglican Communion to come together as a family to listen, pray and discern – sometimes across deeply-held differences.

“It is our prayer that these Calls can offer a basis for those conversations – and that all of our discussions will be marked by the grace and love of Jesus Christ.

“Please continue to pray for us that we may continue to listen, walk and witness together.”

The revised document makes significant alterations to other parts of the Call on Human Dignity.

Section 2.3 originally stated that “it is the mind of the Anglican Communion as a whole that same gender marriage is not permissable”, and “to uphold ‘faithfulness in marriage between a man and a woman in lifelong union’ (1.10, 1998)”.

This has been changed to state, “It is the mind of the Anglican Communion as a whole that ‘all baptised, believing and faithful persons, regardless of sexual orientation are full members of the Body of Christ’ and to be welcomed, cared for, and treated with respect (I.10, 1998).

“Many Provinces continue to affirm that same gender marriage is not permissible.

“Lambeth Resolution I.10 (1998) states that the ‘legitimizing or blessing of same sex unions’ cannot be advised. Other Provinces have blessed and welcomed same sex union/marriage after careful theological reflection and a process of reception.

“As Bishops we remain committed to listening and walking together to the maximum possible degree, despite our deep disagreement on these issues.”

The revisions have prompted a letter by lay Synod member Sam Margrave to the Archbishop of Canterbury threatening to table a motion of no confidence asking for his resignation if the original reaffirmation of Lambeth 1.10 is not reinstated.

“In removing the opportunity to affirm or vote against resolution 1.10, you have damaged the Church, failed to Witness Christ and turned your back on God’s word,” he writes.

“You and all those Bishops who can’t even affirm the Biblical definition of marriage should be ashamed.

“You should be admonishing and rebuking your brother and sister Bishops, not facilitating false prophets and teachers.

“Those who won’t assent to God’s word should resign from God’s Church!

“You have chosen to submit to culture over Christ. You’ve chosen the World over witness.”

Lambeth 2022: a call to reaffirm traditional marriage and sexuality is proving to be the cat among the pigeons

27 July 2022

By Julian Mann 

Reprinted from Christian Today [in the U.K.]

With an almighty row looming over sexual morality, the Lambeth Conference of Anglican bishops worldwide looks set to make the recent ructions in the Conservative Party look like a teddy bears’ picnic at the vicarage.

Orthodox bishops involved in planning Lambeth 2022 have somehow succeeded in getting a reaffirmation of Lambeth Resolution 1.10, which the 1998 conference passed ‘rejecting homosexual practice as incompatible with Scripture’, on the agenda for the conference taking place in Canterbury from July 26 to August 8.

The bombshell is there in the ‘Lambeth Call on Human Dignity’, due to be debated by 650 bishops from the Anglican Communion’s member churches (or provinces) across around 160 countries.

Previous Lambeth Conferences passed resolutions but Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, who is hosting the conference, has replaced them with Lambeth Calls to reflect the fact that whatever the attending bishops vote for is not binding on the Anglican Communion’s 42 self-governing provinces.

In the Lambeth Calls Study Document circulated to the bishops, the section on human dignity as currently drafted has them calling for “the reaffirmation of Lambeth 1:10 that upholds marriage as between a man and a woman and requires deeper work to uphold the dignity and witness of lesbian, homosexual, bisexual, transgender, and queer Anglicans”.

But the most controversial part of the Call appears in one of its affirmations: “It is the mind of the Anglican Communion as a whole that same gender marriage is not permissible. Lambeth Resolution I.10 (1998) states that the ‘legitimizing or blessing of same sex unions’ cannot be advised. It is the mind of the Communion to uphold ‘faithfulness in marriage between a man and a woman in lifelong union’.”

When the story of ‘Lambeth 1.10 Hasta la vista, baby’ broke last week, the bishops of the Scottish Episcopal Church (SEC), which allows same-sex marriages, were quick on the draw with a statement: “Human Dignity features as one of the topics, the call for which includes a reaffirmation of the 1998 Lambeth Conference resolution I.10 and defines marriage as permissible only between a man and woman. The wording of that call does not represent the position of the Scottish Episcopal Church as reflected in the Church’s Canons, which recognises that there are differing understandings of marriage in the SEC.”

The bishops of the Church in Wales, which last year voted to allow same-sex blessings, issued a more strongly-worded statement: “We have noticed a short text, inserted in the draft Lambeth Call on Human Dignity, which undermines and subverts the dignity of an integral part of our community, rather than affirming them.

“Recognising that some provinces will want to affirm the historic understanding of marriage, we wish to assure our lesbian, homosexual, bisexual, transgender, and queer+ sisters and brothers in Christ that we will work to amend this passage to reflect more adequately our understanding of their equal place in the Church.”

The Church of England issued an ambiguous statement from the nine bishops on the Living in Love and Faith (LLF) Next Steps Group chaired by the Bishop of London, Sarah Mullally.

They said the Call’s “affirmation of the Lambeth Resolution 1.10 (1998) that same sex unions cannot be legitimised or blessed will be deeply troubling and painful for some (in the Church of England) whilst offering welcome reassurance to others”.

Bishop Tim Thornton, chair of the Lambeth Calls Subgroup, has already said that the wording of the Human Dignity Call will be changed: “Over recent days we have listened carefully to the responses of bishops to Lambeth Calls: Guidance and Study Documents that was released last week – and especially in relation to the draft Call on Human Dignity.

“The drafting group for the Call on Human Dignity will be making some revisions to the Call. This will be published as part of Lambeth Calls – which will be the texts that will be discussed by bishops at the conference. This will be released as soon as it is available.”

Bishop Thornton’s subgroup surely faces a hard task in getting rid of the reference to Lambeth 1.10. Even if they succeed, they would face strong pushback from orthodox bishops in the Global South Fellowship of Anglican Churches (GSFA) representing 25 provinces of the Anglican Communion.

Their chairman, the Archbishop of South Sudan, Justin Badi Arama, has released a video saying the GSFA’s “clarion call to biblical faithfulness” at Lambeth 2022 “will mean seeking the reaffirmation of Resolution 1.10 of Lambeth Conference 1998 as the official teaching of the Anglican Church on marriage”.

Given the strong feelings on both sides of the divide over Lambeth 1.10, the battle over sexual morality at Lambeth 2022 is poised to be fierce. If Archbishop Welby is hoping for a back-patting episcopal fraternal in the halls, corridors and tearooms of the University of Kent, he is facing grave disappointment.

Julian Mann is a former Church of England vicar, now an evangelical journalist.