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Lambeth breaks from business for 'Crowning Glory' performance

Lambeth breaks from business  for 'Crowning Glory' performance

The culmination of three weeks' singing, dancing and costume-creation took centre-stage at the Lambeth conference Thursday night (August 6), as the opening (and only) night's performance of "Crowning Glory," a musical presented by members of the Spouses' Programme.

07 August 1998

Advocates of homosexuals dismayed but not deterred by sexuality resolution

Advocates of homosexuals dismayed but not deterred by sexuality resolution

The vote of the Lambeth Conference, Wednesday (August 5), affirming traditional views on homosexuality, has not silenced the voices of gay and lesbian advocates in the church.

07 August 1998

Lambeth Conference adopts tough stand on international debt

Lambeth Conference adopts tough stand on international debt

A Lambeth Conference resolution on international debt and economic justice approved Thursday (August 6) demands action by governments and banks, but also by churches.

07 August 1998

Statement by Archbishop of Canterbury George Carey at final press conference

Statement by Archbishop of Canterbury George Carey at final press conference

Ladies and Gentlemen, we are coming towards the end of a very busy, challenging, but I think extremely rewarding Lambeth Conference, and I am sure that, like me, you are looking forward to going home, going on holiday, and generally recovering a bit of normality

07 August 1998

Lambeth struggles over homosexuality in emotional plenary session

Lambeth struggles over homosexuality in emotional plenary session

Division in the Anglican Communion over homosexuality widened Wednesday when the Lambeth Conference adopted a resolution that includes a strong condemnation of homosexual relationships.

07 August 1998

Gathering of Afro-Anglican bishops built bridges, focused efforts

Gathering of Afro-Anglican bishops built bridges, focused efforts

As the Lambeth Conference draws to a close, one pre-Lambeth gathering of Afro-Anglican bishops from Africa, England, the West Indies and the United States appears to have borne definite fruit.

07 August 1998

Spouses' Programme speakers share tales of evangelism efforts

Spouses' Programme speakers share tales of evangelism efforts

"At the turn of the century, over half of all English children attended Sunday School. Today in Britain's Housing Developments only one young person in every 1,000 attends an Anglican Church," the Rev. Wallace Brown told the Spouses' Programme at the Lambeth Conference this week.

06 August 1998

Lambeth report highlights benefits, perils of technology

Lambeth report highlights benefits, perils of technology

Bishops in Section One addressing modern technology describe the heaven-and-hell nature of "this gift with a price"-its vastly different effects in different cultures-in their report released to the Lambeth Conference.

06 August 1998

Lambeth takes conservative stance on human sexuality

Lambeth takes conservative stance on human sexuality

In a session Archbishop of Canterbury George Carey called "difficult and painful," the Lambeth Conference approved a statement on sexuality Wednesday afternoon (August 5) that rejects homosexual practice as "incompatible with Scripture."

06 August 1998

Text of Lambeth Conference resolution on sexuality

Text of Lambeth Conference resolution on sexuality

The Lambeth Conference today approved the following resolution on sexuality by a vote of 526 in favor and 70 against, with 45 abstentions (italics indicate amendments):

05 August 1998