The new Gretna Green?

Martin Ayers  |  UK & Ireland
Date posted:  1 Jul 2017
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The new Gretna Green?

Canon Andy Lines, a new missionary bishop for Europe | photo: Gafcon

On 8 June, the Scottish Episcopal Church voted at its General Synod to permit same-sex weddings in its churches.

The Scottish Episcopal Church (the SEC) is the Anglican Province in Scotland. A relatively small province, it ‘gave birth’ to the Episcopal Church of the United States (ECUSA), by consecrating America’s first bishop.

Recently, ECUSA has pursued a revisionist agenda in the area of human sexuality, leading to the formation of a new orthodox Anglican Province, the Anglican Church of North America, recognised by Gafcon and thus by the majority of Anglicans worldwide. Their Archbishop is Foley Beach.

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