2 of 2

Peter T. Chattaway in Vancouver

Copyright © 2004 Christianity Today. Click for reprint information.

Previous Christianity Today articles on the New Westminster debate include:

Why I Walked | Sometimes loving a denomination requires you to fight. (Jan. 3, 2003)

Mortified in Vancouver | A church's actions can be in conflict with its professed faith only so long before faithful Christians wonder how much hypocrisy they can stand. (July 30, 2002)

Anglican Diocese Endorses Same-Sex Unions | Traditionalists walk out, issue global call for outside intervention. (July 12, 2002)

Vancouver Anglicans Approve Same-Sex Unions | Conservatives walk out after synod vote to bless gay couples. (June 17, 2002)

Other media coverage includes:

In Blessing Gay Unions, Bishop Courts a Schism—The New York Times (July 5, 2003)

Same-sex blessings prompt African to reject B.C. aid—The Vancouver Sun (July 2, 2003)

Open warfare erupts over gay clergy, blessing rites for same-sex couples—Scripps Howard News Service (July 2, 2003)

Same-sex blessings a reality after vote: Members of nine parishes walk out in protest—Anglican Journal (June 16, 2002)

Synod members react to vote result—Anglican Journal (June 15, 2002)

B.C. Anglican diocese approves blessing for same-sex unions—CBC News (June 15, 2002)

The New Westminster Diocese has written a series of questions and answers on the current debate. The Anglican Church of Canada has an archive of reaction statements and an original statement from diocese members who walked.

For more articles on homosexual salvation and same sex unions in addition to continued coverage of Anglican debates, see Christianity Today'sSexuality and Gender archive. This week, homosexual Anglican priest Jeffrey John withdrew his name from the Church of England bishop posting.

first page |  2 of 2

share this page

August 2003, Vol. 47, No. 8