Bishops waver as Lambeth beckons
Posted on July 13, 2008
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With the once-in-a-decade Lambeth Conference just days away, hundreds of bishops are planning to stay away whilst others remain in two minds after this week’s vote in support of women bishops. … The Archbishop of Kenya, the Most Rev Benjamin Nzimbi, meanwhile confirmed in a statement on Thursday that the Kenyan Church would not attend Lambeth in protest of pro-gay bishops present at the conference. …
Although the conference is due to open on Wednesday, the Bishop of Europe, the Rt Rev Geoffrey Rowell, said he was “astonished” at the lack of information handed out so far on the details of the Lambeth programme, according to The Telegraph. …
– Report from Christian Today. (Photo of Archbishop Benjamin Nzimbi: Joy Gwaltney.)
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