Justin Welby to suggest looser organisation of worldwide bodyNew group would no longer be linked by a common doctrineLiberal US and conservative African churches argued over sexualityThe archbishop of Canterbury is proposing to effectively dissolve the fractious ((adj.) troublesome or irritable) and bitterly divided worldwide Anglican communion and replace it with a much looser grouping.
Justin Welby has summoned all of the 38 leaders of the national churches of the Anglican communion to a assembly in Canterbury next January, where he will propose that the communion be reorganised as a group of churches that are all linked to Canterbury but no longer necessarily to each other. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com