Anglican Head Writes to Leaders on Direction of the Church
By Lillian Kwon
Christian Post Reporter
Sun, Sep. 17 2006

Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams wrote a letter to Anglican leaders on Friday addressing the "uncertainties" and "explorations" within the Communion as the church has yet to draw a resolution on homosexuality.

Williams offered prayers especially for the lay people, or "ordinary people of God," in the Episcopal Church and the wider worldwide denomination who are "puzzled, wearied, or disoriented by [their] present controversies."

"So many say they simply do not want to take up an extreme or divisive position and want to be faithful to Scripture and the common life," he wrote in the letter. "They want to preserve an Anglican identity that they treasure and love passionately but face continuing uncertainty about its future."

The letter was written days after Episcopal leaders met in New York for a closed meeting in efforts to agree on a resolution over the homosexual divide. No consensus was made, but leaders have expressed hope as conversations were candid with participating leaders open to hearing all sides on the issue. the rest