{"id":82378,"date":"2019-06-07T09:00:58","date_gmt":"2019-06-07T13:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=82378"},"modified":"2019-06-07T09:11:40","modified_gmt":"2019-06-07T13:11:40","slug":"david-ould-archbp-justin-welbys-compromised-leadership-on-marriage-at-the-nairobi-press-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=82378","title":{"rendered":"David Ould&#8211;Archbp Justin Welby&#8217;s Compromised Leadership on Marriage at the Nairobi Press Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Highlights include:<\/p>\n<p>1:27 Asked a question about the fallout surrounding the Lambeth Conference, Welby asserts \u201cThere has always been \u2026 controversy around the Lambeth Conference. It\u2019s why we meet. Because when we meet together as opposed to when we not meet, not communicate, we\u2019re able to listen to each other. And so we\u2019ll see what happens at the Lambeth Conference when we get there\u201d<\/p>\n<p>2:19 \u201cWe just have to find a way of [preaching the gospel around the world] that respects each other\u2019s difference and to love and show concern for each other.<\/p>\n<p>3:11 On the question of human sexuality (driven by the fact that the Kenyan courts had just reiterated the definition of marriage as heterosexual): \u201cThe Bible is clear, and I\u2019ve said on numerous occasions in public, that my own view of Christian marriage is the traditional view \u2026 that has always been the view of Christian marriage but I continue to work with \u2013 and in our changing culture in England \u2013 to listen very carefully to and to seek to be full of love for those who disagree with me. \u201c<\/p>\n<p>5:19 As Sapit responds to the same question we see Welby nodding in agreement, particularly as Sapit says \u201c\u2026 our constitution state [sic.] very clearly that marriage is between a male and a female and that is the teaching of the church. That is what the Archbishop of Canterbury is referring to as the traditional view of Christian marriage; it is between a male and a female for life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/davidould.net\/nairobi-press-conference-welbys-compromised-leadership-on-marriage\/\">Read it all and listen to all of the video content<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&#8220;Welby\u2019s performance is a clear display of what Anglican commentators have already called his \u201cchameleon\u201d nature. He will say one thing in one place then another in another, depending on who he thinks the audience is.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tqtQ8PpqPb\">https:\/\/t.co\/tqtQ8PpqPb<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1amNDHeOcW\">pic.twitter.com\/1amNDHeOcW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 GAFCON (@gafconference) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gafconference\/status\/1136980277253804032?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 7, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Highlights include: 1:27 Asked a question about the fallout surrounding the Lambeth Conference, Welby asserts \u201cThere has always been \u2026 controversy around the Lambeth Conference. It\u2019s why we meet. 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