SCOTLAND: Rowan Williams urges Kirk not to split over gay ministers
SCOTLAND: Rowan Williams urges Kirk not to split over gay ministers
Former Archbishop should mind his own business
News Analysis
By David W. Virtue
www.virtueonline.org
May 12, 2013
The former Archbishop of Canterbury is urging Presbyterians in Scotland not to split over gay ministers. Dr. Rowan Williams is counseling the Kirk to stay together. 
The Church of Scotland has been decisively shaped by the Scottish Reformation and traces its roots back to the beginnings of Christianity in Scotland, but its identity is principally shaped by the Reformation of 1560. Its current pledged membership is about 9% of the Scottish population-though according to the 2001 national census, 42% of the Scottish population claim some form of allegiance to it.
Williams is urging evangelical congregations within the Church of Scotland not to "walk away" over the ordination of gay ministers. Some 50 congregations have said they might.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
Former Archbishop should mind his own business
News Analysis
By David W. Virtue
www.virtueonline.org
May 12, 2013
The former Archbishop of Canterbury is urging Presbyterians in Scotland not to split over gay ministers. Dr. Rowan Williams is counseling the Kirk to stay together. The Church of Scotland has been decisively shaped by the Scottish Reformation and traces its roots back to the beginnings of Christianity in Scotland, but its identity is principally shaped by the Reformation of 1560. Its current pledged membership is about 9% of the Scottish population-though according to the 2001 national census, 42% of the Scottish population claim some form of allegiance to it.
Williams is urging evangelical congregations within the Church of Scotland not to "walk away" over the ordination of gay ministers. Some 50 congregations have said they might.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
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