{"id":71034,"date":"2018-05-10T17:20:56","date_gmt":"2018-05-10T21:20:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=71034"},"modified":"2018-05-10T19:01:21","modified_gmt":"2018-05-10T23:01:21","slug":"gafcon-uk-offers-support-to-fca-new-zealand-after-same-sex-blessings-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=71034","title":{"rendered":"Gafcon UK offers support to FCA New Zealand after same sex blessings vote"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gafcon.org\/news\/bringing-the-true-gospel-of-jesus-christ-to-ireland\">there<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Bishop Andy Lines, speaking on behalf of Gafcon UK, said today:<\/p>\n<p>We are not surprised, but nevertheless deeply saddened and concerned by the decision by the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.anglicantaonga.org.nz\/news\/general_synod\/yes\">General Synod of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa to accept\u00a0Motion 29<\/a>\u00a0and so pave the way for the blessing of same sex relationships.<\/p>\n<p>We note that only those in civil marriages or lawfully recognised partnerships will be eligible for these blessings. This shows that while a short time ago many church leaders around the world were arguing for such blessings but drew the line at same-sex marriage (as in the Church of England\u2019s Pilling Report), now that line appears to have been removed. With this decision, another Anglican Province follows TEC, Canada and Scotland in believing it has the authority to redefine marriage, and offer the Church\u2019s blessing to relationships which the Bible and centuries of Christian tradition clearly teach that God warns against and cannot bless.<\/p>\n<p>It is encouraging that despite the huge pressure to conform to Motion 29 and the secular humanist ideology behind it, many courageous New Zealand Anglicans not only voted against the Motion, but are already looking to the emergence of new Anglican structures, which remain faithful to the Scriptures in contrast to those who have departed from them.<\/p>\n<p>We pray for Rev Jay Behan and others in\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/fcanz.org\/media-messaging\">Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans New Zealand,<\/a>\u00a0and rejoice in their close association with the majority of Anglicans worldwide who continue to preach the biblical gospel of repentance from sin and new life in Christ. Jay and other\u00a0representatives from FCANZ will receive a warm welcome and full support from all at June\u2019s Gafcon gathering, and ongoing solidarity from Gafcon UK as they plan for the future.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From there: Bishop Andy Lines, speaking on behalf of Gafcon UK, said today: We are not surprised, but nevertheless deeply saddened and concerned by the decision by the\u00a0General Synod of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa to accept\u00a0Motion 29\u00a0and so pave<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=71034\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":794,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[399,175,168,177,514,79,34,169],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71034","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-anglican-church-in-aotearoa-new-zealand-and-polynesia","category-anthropology","category-ethics-moral-theology","category-pastoral-theology","category-same-sex-blessings","category-sexuality-debate-in-anglican-communion","category-theology","category-theology-scripture"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71034","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/794"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=71034"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71034\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":71035,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71034\/revisions\/71035"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=71034"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=71034"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=71034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}