Church of England Endorses Anglican Covenant
07/10/2007

The General Synod of the Church of England supported the concept of an Anglican Covenant during three hours of debate July 8.

The Most Rev. Drexel Gomez, Archbishop of the West Indies and chair of the covenant drafting committee, spoke in favor of the motion as did a number of senior church leaders. The motion was adopted by nearly two-thirds.

In the past, Anglicans have resisted written agreements and statements of belief, but the consecration of a partnered homosexual person as Bishop Coadjutor of New Hampshire in 2003 ignited long-simmering tensions over faith and order.

“We thought we had some sort of agreement and then, four years ago, it turned out that we didn’t,” said the Rt. Rev. N.T. Wright, Bishop of Durham. “Lambeth and the primates asked the Americans not to do something, and they did it anyway.” Bishop Wright warned that “a vote against the covenant is a vote for anarchy.”
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