This article from the Living Church has been making the rounds on the Anglican blogosphere, in particular:

Asked how the conference would address the issue of homosexuality, Archbishop Williams said one day on the schedule was reserved to consider “sexuality questions as they affect the ministry of bishops,” including a report on the listening process from the Rev. Canon Phil Groves of the Anglican Communion Office. “It [also] is inevitably going to be part of the conversations informally, day by day as people will bring to the conference what their anxieties are and what their hopes are. There will not be a resolution on this subject.”

This is hardly surprising coming from Archbishop Rowan! I’m still in two minds as to whether it is worth attending Lambeth – waving between ‘attend in mass and change the agenda’ to ‘ignore it and get on with more important matters’. Not, however, that my opinions are going to count for much.

One other thing of interest:

Responding to questions after his prepared remarks, Archbishop Williams noted that the Global Anglican Future conference scheduled to be held in Jerusalem a month before the Lambeth Conference was not unique. “Before the last Lambeth Conference, and indeed on other occasions, there have been major international gatherings regionally, or in other ways constructed preparing for Lambeth, and I am very happy to see such regional events going forward,” he said. “But I do have real concerns that in this case there are unresolved concerns for the local Church, the Church in Jerusalem, which has pinpointed some anxieties about having such a conference at this time in the Holy Land. I hope that those can be addressed.”

I’d have two things to say on this one. Firstly I hope this issue with venue is resolved, as going ahead with GAFCON in Jerusalem whilst ignoring the concerns the local church have raised seems bad manners, at best. Personally I do not see why this has to be a sticking point – hold it somewhere else if needs be.

Secondly, the one thing I have noticed that Archbishop Rowan is prepared to make a stand on is Lambeth, hence it’s not surprising that he should portray GAFCON as a regional conference ‘preparing for Lambeth’. That seems a little like spin or wishful thinking on his part though…..