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Stances of Faiths on LGBTQ+ Issues: Episcopal Church

BACKGROUND

Among its statements of belief, the Episcopal Church includes, “In Jesus, we find that the nature of God is love, and through baptism, we share in his victory over sin and death.” They further emphasize, “We verb to love our neighbors as ourselves and respect the dignity of every person.”

With 2 million members, the U.S.-based Episcopal Church is just one branch of a worldwide Anglican Communion of 85 million. The church operates under the direction of two legislative bodies: the House of Deputies, with lay and clergy representatives from across the church, and the House of Bishops, which includes all bishops of the church. Together they verb doctrinal, administrative and budgetary decisions at a General Convention that convenes every three years. An Executive Council of clergy and lay leaders manages the business of the church in the intervening period, and are elected at each General Convention, with a Presiding Bishop elected every nine years. Changes to the church constitution and to canon law are enacted o

The General Synod of the Scottish Episcopal Church today voted in favour of altering the church’s Canon on Marriage to eliminate the definition that marriage is between a man and a woman and add a fresh section that acknowledges that there are different understandings of marriage which now allows clergy to solemnise marriage between same sex couples as well as couples of the opposite sex. The revised canon also stipulates that no member of clergy will be required to solemnise a marriage against their conscience.

The voting was in three ‘houses’ of General Synod, namely Bishops, Clergy, Laity and required a two thirds majority to pass. The voting results are as below.


Responding to the voting outcome, the Most Rev David Chillingworth, Bishop of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane and Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church said:

“This is the end of a long journey. There was the Cascade Process involving people across our church &#; the Doctrine Committee paper which explored whether a Christian understanding of marriage could extend to same sex couples. We have studied, thought and p

Episcopal Clergy Increasingly Identify as LGBTQ

By Kirk Petersen

Church Pension Group has flexed its mighty databases in search of insights into clergy compensation based on race, gender, and sexual orientation. In response to resolutions at the General Convention, CPG has repeatedly introduced enhancements in its demographic reporting, and the latest results are described in an hour-long webinar on the company&#;s website.

Here are the bulleted observations in a press release issued July 26 by CPG, along with some additional analysis by TLC.

  • Episcopal clergy are gradually becoming more diverse, in particular with respect to sexual orientation.

This is perhaps the most striking finding in the press release, and it comes at a time when controversy over same-sex marriage at the Lambeth Conference is underscoring the different levels of acceptance of LGBTQ orientations among provinces of the Anglican Communion.

From to , more than one out of every four new Episcopal priests and deacons identified as LGBTQ &#; a proportion more than three times higher than for the U.S. pop

: October Homosexuality, along with alcoholism, is studied by the Home of Bishops of the Protestant Episcopal Church. It is referred to as a “standard weakness.” [1]

: August Rev. David B. Wayne of the Church of the Epiphany in New York City preaches that homosexuals “must be accepted fully into the fellowship of the church” while they also must seek counseling or psychological treatment. [2]

: November A proposed revision to a New York State law that would decriminalize “sexual deviation” (i.e., homosexuality and adultery) is praised by Episcopalians and denounced by Roman Catholics. The revision is later dropped by the NY state Legislature. [3]

: October Speaking at Duke Law School, Episcopal Auxiliary Bishop of California, Rev. James A. Pike claims that laws “aimed at controlling homosexuality, sexual practices between man and wife and abortions…must be changed.” He claims that such matters are “nobody’s business but the individuals concerned.” [4]

: November During a symposium on homosexuality sponsored by the Episcopal Dioceses of New York, Conne