Letters Demonstrate Anglican Divide on Sexuality

Faced with growing pressure within the Anglican Church in North America to affirm the validity of a new "gay-but-celibate" identity movement, the ACNA College of Bishops issued a Pastoral Statement on January 19, 2021. The nearly 4,000-word statement projected empathy and even conceded criticisms from those who describe themselves as gay, but ultimately advised against the use of terminology like "gay Christian."