Church Of England To Vote On Consecrating Women Bishops, Raising Activists' Hopes

[hrmjustin]

By Trevor Grundy



CANTERBURY, England (RNS) Women’s rights activists greeted with delight signs the Church of England is poised to relent and allow women to be consecrated as bishops.

Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby will preside over a historic General Synod meeting at the University of York when a make-or-break vote on the subject is expected Monday (July 14).

“I think we’re there at long last,” American–born Christina Rees, one of the church’s leading women’s rights campaigners, said in an interview Thursday.

Supporters of female bishops are convinced the General Synod — the Church of England’s governing body — will approve amended legislation that will allow for the appointment of women as bishops by November and the first consecrations sometime in 2015.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/10/church-of-england-women-bishops_n_5574735.html?utm_hp_ref=religion

[okasha]

1. Lead, follow or get out of the way!

I hope Welby learned something from the Williams debacle.

[hrmjustin]

2. Agreed! The tragedy if Rowan should be studied in history forever,