Conservative church group condemns choice of female Archbishop of Canterbury

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Conservative church group condemns choice of female Archbishop of Canterbury (BBC via Yahoo)
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/conservative-church-group-condemns-choice-164059979.html

"If you want to go fast, go alone - if you want to go far, go together," Dame Sarah Mullally said in her first public address as the new Archbishop of Canterbury designate.

But Friday's choice – for the first time ever - of a woman as the spiritual leader of both the Church of England and the worldwide Anglican Communion already seems like it may exacerbate the deep fissures within that community.

The Global Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans (Gafcon), which is a network of conservative Anglican churches across Africa and Asia, received the news "with sorrow".

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There is no question in my mind the denomination will split over this.

[wcmagumba]

1. Religion has always been a great divider instead of a unifier to me anyway. Most religions would disagree...

Oh well...

[Bernardo de La Paz]

2. They have also been a brutal force to control people, especially women and girls. . . . . nt

[AllaN01Bear]

3. too bad. well whah.

[hatrack]

4. Wahh! Wahh! Wahh! Wahh! Conservative group ANGRY ABOUT A THING!!! WAHHHH!!!!

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5. Follow up story -- It's happening.

Anglican Church Poised To Lose 40 Million Members After First Woman Appointed Archbishop of Canterbury
https://protestia.com/2025/10/04/anglican-church-poised-to-lose-40-million-members-after-first-woman-appointed-archbishop-of-canterbury/

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Though there are some who will welcome the decision to appoint Bishop Mullally as the first female Archbishop of Canterbury, the majority of the Anglican Communion still believes that the Bible requires a male-only episcopacy. Therefore, her appointment will make it impossible for the Archbishop of Canterbury to serve as a focus of unity within the Communion.

However, more concerning is her failure to uphold her consecration vows. When she was consecrated in 2015, she took an oath to “banish and drive away all strange and erroneous doctrine contrary to God’s Word.” And yet, far from banishing such doctrine, Bishop Mullally has repeatedly promoted unbiblical and revisionist teachings regarding marriage and sexual morality.

In 2023, when asked by a reporter whether sexual intimacy in a same-sex relationship is sinful, she said that some such relationships could, in fact, be blessed. She also voted in favour of introducing blessings of same-sex marriage into the Church of England… The church cannot bless or affirm what God has condemned (Numbers 23:8; 24:13). This, however, is precisely what Bishop Mullally has sought to allow.

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