Church of England Prepares for Heated Women Bishops Debate

Mon, May. 10 2010
By Lillian Kwon
Christian Post Reporter

The Church of England on Saturday released draft legislation that would open up the way for women to become bishops.

The new set of proposals is expected to be divisive and cause some to even leave the body as most provisions accommodating opponents to female bishops were thrown out.

In a 142-page report, the revision committee acknowledged "the fact" that they "have not been able to come up with a set or proposals that everyone now says that they can live with." But the committee went on to state that the conclusions they reached reflect what the majority of them believe to be "both principled and pragmatic." the rest