What now after Canterbury's leadership implosion? - with Archbishop Kanishka Raffel 

Amen ,so many churches are being influenced by evil doctrine within. Back to the truth,ofGOD,/Bible and the Gospel of Jesus to be born again of the Spirit.,.."therefore be Holy because Jesus is Holy" , To reveeer God is the beginning of WISDOM.

You mean that you want them to support slavery.Infanticide,genocide,sex slavery,torture,stoning to death, and racial and gender discrimination.??? Because the Bible supports all those things....An interesting prospect

Has anyone ordered a check on Justin Welby's mental health and general health included, 🙏 I am a Roman Catholic and feel he isn't well.

@@bernadettekavanagh9984 Coming from a church that helped Nazi war crimes escape,blessed murderous military dictators in Sth and Central America,recalled and punished priests who tried to stand up for the victims of these regimes,argued against condom use when it knew their use would save lives during the AIDS epidemic and hid and excused mass child molestation by its priests.... l think you have enough problems of your own

@@bernadettekavanagh9984 Presuming you wish to return to stricter biblical values...How do you feel about slavery..sex slavery..genocide..murdering innocent children..torture..racism and sexism....all of which are acceptable if we believe in the values of the god of the Bible...

@Michael Abbott I am against them all, we need to return to God, we have left the Lords house and must return heart, mind and soul.

Sadly I think Charles has got the Archbishop he deserves.

It's not about tradition. It's all about Jesus 🙏

@@sallytait7842 OF COURSE. THATS HOW FAR THE C OF E AND OTHER CHURCHES HAVE BACKSLIDDEN . THEY ARE NO LONGER RECOGNISABLE AS CHRISTIAN

He has no authority in the Church. He is just titular Head as the Monarch. We had wars about kings telling the church what to do. Try the History of the Stuarts for a start :-)

You can't beat a good burning...

I said in my previous message that members in the Synod were too hasty in passing that motion for blessings of same sex marriedgess, they should have let every diocesan Bishop discuss the matter @ their synods.

Since none of us Christians are yet free from sin, any church association to which we belong, will eventually be faced with an errant member and be required to decide what to do with that member. Jesus gave directions regarding synagogues in Mathew 18 and St. Paul provides guidance for the church with the emphasis on restoration rather than judgment. God will do that. Falling into sin and needing help out of it is forgivable but practicing sin requires discipline to the point of expulsion unless repentance and reformation both take place.

I think you will find the Church of England started in England. Do you know the meaning of Anglican?

That's a cool question Rob. Anglican Aid were amazing. We saw their work - They had built toilet blocks, water supplies, class rooms - for bible colleges, safe houses for women in danger of female genital mutilation etc. I don't speak for them and I am not sure what their boundaries are? I'll send a this link to one of their staff and ask them to comment.

@@ThePastorsHeart much appreciated and thankyou so much for uploading these discussions 🙏 it is warmly welcomed by many of us worldwide.

We in Britain look to Africa and Asia to evangelise in Britain - and give us God’s truth and his commandments. Purify our hearts by preaching the word, brothers. Come Holy Spirit , fill the hearts of Thy faithful and kindle in us the fire of Thy love. The Lord commands us: Be Holy as I am Holy. 1Peter 1. And Leviticus. 11 :44

@@richardbrown9760 i suppose Thomas Moore , John Fisher, 52 recognised martyrs, and all the hundred of carthusians monks who were slaughtered were the ones who gave the inspiration for all this? And Cranwell, and the two Cromwell's, all supporters of the new Church of England were the real saints in this process, as well, as the civil war that's lead to the execution of King Charles, were the real victims?

Catholicism isn’t a true church Anthony, clearly no Anglican here is interested in going to Rome. In today's spirit of ecumenism, many evangelicals have called for the Protestant Church to lay aside its differences with Rome and pursue unity with the Catholic Church. Is that possible? Is Roman Catholicism simply another facet of the body of Christ that should be brought into union with its Protestant counterpart? Is Roman Catholicism simply another Christian denomination? While there are many errors in the teaching of the Catholic Church (for example its belief in the transubstantiation of the communion wafer and its view of Mary), two rise to the forefront and call for special attention: its denial of the doctrine of sola Scriptura and its denial of the biblical teaching on justification. To put it simply, because the Roman Catholic Church has refused to submit itself to the authority of God's Word and to embrace the gospel of justification taught in Scripture, it has set itself apart from the true body of Christ. It is a false and deceptive form of Christianity. The Doctrine of Sola Scriptura In the words of reformer Martin Luther, the doctrine of sola Scriptura means that "what is asserted without the Scriptures or proven revelation may be held as an opinion, but need not be believed." Roman Catholicism flatly rejects this principle, adding a host of traditions and Church teachings and declaring them binding on all true believers-with the threat of eternal damnation to those who hold contradictory opinions. In Roman Catholicism, "the Word of God" encompasses not only the Bible, but also the Apocrypha, the Magisterium (the Church's authority to teach and interpret divine truth), the Pope's ex cathedra pronouncements, and an indefinite body of church tradition, some formalized in canon law and some not yet committed to writing. Whereas evangelical Protestants believe the Bible is the ultimate test of all truth, Roman Catholics believe the Church determines what is true and what is not. In effect, this makes the Church a higher authority than Scripture. Creeds and doctrinal statements are certainly important. However, creeds, decisions of church councils, all doctrine, and even the church itself must be judged by Scripture-not vice versa. Scripture is to be accurately interpreted in its context by comparing it to Scripture-certainly not according to anyone's personal whims. Scripture itself is thus the sole binding rule of faith and practice for all Christians. Protestant creeds and doctrinal statements simply express the churches' collective understanding of the proper interpretation of Scripture. In no sense could the creeds and pronouncements of the churches ever constitute an authority equal to or higher than Scripture. Scripture always takes priority over the church in the rank of authority. Roman Catholics, on the other hand, believe the infallible touchstone of truth is the Church itself. The Church not only infallibly determines the proper interpretation of Scripture, but also supplements Scripture with additional traditions and teaching. That combination of Church tradition plus the Church's interpretation of Scripture is what constitutes the binding rule of faith and practice for Catholics. The fact is, the Church sets itself above Holy Scripture in rank of authority. The Doctrine of Justification According to Roman Catholicism, justification is a process in which God's grace is poured forth into the sinner's heart, making that person progressively more righteous. During this process, it is the sinner's responsibility to preserve and increase that grace by various good works. The means by which justification is initially obtained is not faith, but the sacrament of baptism. Furthermore, justification is forfeited whenever the believer commits a mortal sin, such as hatred or adultery. In the teaching of the Roman Catholic Church, then, works are necessary both to begin and to continue the process of justification. The error in the Catholic Church's position on justification may be summed up in four biblical arguments. First, Scripture presents justification as instantaneous, not gradual. Contrasting the proud Pharisee with the broken, repentant tax-gatherer who smote his breast and prayed humbly for divine mercy, Jesus said that the tax-gatherer "went down to his house justified" (Luke 18:14). His justification was instantaneous, complete before he performed any work, based solely on his repentant faith. Jesus also said, "Truly, truly, I say to you, he who hears My word, and believes Him who sent Me, has eternal life, and does not come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life" (John 5:24). Eternal life is the present possession of all who believe-and by definition eternal life cannot be lost. The one who believes immediately passes from spiritual death to eternal life, because that person is instantaneously justified (see Romans 5:1, 9; 8:1). Second, justification means the sinner is declared righteous, not actually made righteous. This goes hand in hand with the fact that justification is instantaneous. There is no process to be performed-justification is purely a forensic reality, a declaration God makes about the sinner. Justification takes place in the court of God, not in the soul of the sinner. It is an objective fact, not a subjective phenomenon, and it changes the sinner's status, not his nature. Justification is an immediate decree, a divine "not guilty" verdict on behalf of the believing sinner in which God declares him to be righteous in His sight. Third, the Bible teaches that justification means righteousness is imputed, not infused. Righteousness is "reckoned," or credited to the account of those who believe (Romans 4:3-25). They stand justified before God not because of their own righteousness (Romans 3:10), but because of a perfect righteousness outside themselves that is reckoned to them by faith (Philippians 3:9). Where does that perfect righteousness come from? It is God's own righteousness (Romans 10:3), and it is the believer's in the person of Jesus Christ (1 Corinthians 1:30). Christ's own perfect righteousness is credited to the believer's personal account (Romans 5:17, 19), just as the full guilt of the believer's sin was imputed to Christ (2 Corinthians 5:21). The only merit God accepts for salvation is that of Jesus Christ; nothing man can ever do could earn God's favor or add anything to the merit of Christ. Fourth and finally, Scripture clearly teaches that man is justified by faith alone, not by faith plus works. According to the Apostle Paul, "If it is by grace, it is no longer on the basis of works, otherwise grace is no longer grace" (Romans 11:6). Elsewhere Paul testifies, "By grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; not as a result of works, that no one should boast" (Ephesians 2:8-9, emphasis added; see Acts 16:31 and Romans 4:3-6). In fact, it is clearly taught throughout Scripture that "a man is justified by faith apart from works of the Law" (Romans 3:28; see Galatians 2:16; Romans 9:31-32; 10:3). In contrast, Roman Catholicism places an undue stress on human works. Catholic doctrine denies that God "justifies the ungodly" (Romans 4:5) without first making them godly. Good works therefore become the ground of justification. As thousands of former Catholics will testify, Roman Catholic doctrine and liturgy obscure the essential truth that the believer is saved by grace through faith and not by his own works (Ephesians 2:8-9). In a simple sense, Catholics genuinely believe they are saved by doing good, confessing sin, and observing ceremonies. Adding works to faith as the grounds of justification is precisely the teaching that Paul condemned as "a different gospel" (see 2 Corinthians 11:4; Galatians 1:6). It nullifies the grace of God, for if meritorious righteousness can be earned through the sacraments, "then Christ died needlessly" (Galatians 2:21). Any system that mingles works with grace, then, is "a different gospel" (Galatians 1:6), a distorted message that is anathematized (Galatians 1:9), not by a council of medieval bishops, but by the very Word of God that cannot be broken. In fact, it does not overstate the case to say that the Roman Catholic view on justification sets it apart as a wholly different religion than the true Christian faith, for it is antithetical to the simple gospel of grace. As long as the Roman Catholic Church continues to assert its own authority and bind its people to "another gospel," it is the spiritual duty of all true Christians to oppose Roman Catholic doctrine with biblical truth and to call all Catholics to true salvation. Meanwhile, evangelicals must not capitulate to the pressures for artificial unity. They cannot allow the gospel to be obscured, and they cannot make friends with false religion, lest they become partakers in their evil deeds (2 John 11).

Not to be contentious, but the RCC has shed more blood than any other church, to be honest.

@@gullwingstorm857 sorry to state the fact, but get your historical facts right, many catholics refused to deny their Christian faith, which from the very beginning held tge supremacy of the bishop of Rome over the Church, they refused to sign H the 8's document severing ties, the Anglican Church get first prize for shedding blood, a huge number of catholic monks priests , and bishops were slaughtered by the English state after they broke ties with the Pope, and that cascaded into even more blood over the next two centuries- all on English soil. And look now, the Anglican "Church " is a wordly ideological rabble, with women bishops, andce even men as senior clergy who identify as women. Not a good scene from the perspective of the saints looking down from heaven including the martys whose blood was shed

@@anthonyporens4983 yes indeed 183 English Catholics were put to death between 1577 and 1603; altogether, some 600 Catholics died in the persecutions of the 16th and 17th centuries. Thank God for the latest gafcon and that continued separation from the satanic catholic cult.

@ John Wildish, you sound like one of the laity who just returned from the Gafcon meeting in Kigali

@@keithdavies6316 the heavenly head of the church says in His word .. Leviticus 18vs22 that homosexuality is an abomination and Romans 1 it is unseemly... Elizabeth who swore to uphold His laws with the utmost of her power sanctioned and pushed homosexuality.... the British sovereigns have lost their saltiness and Jesus warden that when this happened they would be tossed out and trampled on by men..

Be strong in the Lord. The Anglican communion worldwide is with you. Hold fast to the truths of scripture

The Archbishop of Canterbury has been tossed over for a “mess of pottage!”

Rome!

@@valeriebreathet741 It is the ABC who wants his mess of worldly pottage rather than valuing the blessing of God

@@MrZORROish No! There would be far less dissension if everyone focused more - much more - on the Two Great Commandments of Jesus Christ! Do you not understand why Jesus named the person who helped the broken, beaten robbery victim a Samaritan? I recommend that you research the facts about Scott Lively and his followers to see what terrible influence they have had on Christians in Africa! And not just in Uganda!

Go to Hell,Gav

A point-missing comment. Some Anglicans think that "giv[ing] gays their rights..." means blessing same-sex unions within the context of the church. Other Anglicans believe that this represents a grievous departure from Scripture. That's the problem.

The Bible is the word of God. It is God-breathed. I notice a lot of 'progressive Anglicans' don't seem to have much knowledge on the actual Bible.

I’ve spoken to Ugandan and Tanzanian Christian leaders on exactly this topic in the last fortnight who have told me the opposite Keith. They have told me that Christians are only to have one wife - consistent with the New Testament teaching. Warmly, Dominic.

What rubbish. It's not one or another. We need to be orthodox and generous to the poor. Shame on you revisionist troll.

Absolute nonsense. It is one thing to interpret Scripture for modern society while holding to its inherent truths as the inspired word of God, it is something else entirely to discard the clear meaning and authority of scripture in order to pander to the societal zeitgeist.

Classic liberal sleight of hand. Either what God says in His Word is true or it isn't.

The Anglican Church, together with the Royal Family, allowed adulterous remarriage in the first place, so same-sex marriage was bound to eventually follow. Similarly with women priests which is not Scriptural. We now have adulterers on the throne but Welby will bless them this weekend.

I thought the same thing a few months ago, really trying to understand why it was same sex marriage that was splitting the church. It was this video from Paul Blackham which really explained to me that what is behind this is a call to repentance from sexual immorality that is rampant in our churches. It's also the care for our same-sex attracted brothers and sisters in Christ who have been living a faithfully celebite life for decades. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Z0Atc6GQr1o.html

The single most important salvation issue is obeying the One who died for us. That begins with believing that the death and resurrection of Christ occurred but is much more than that. Faith means the commitment of one's life to follow and obey him. When anyone openly refuses that obedience their salvation is called into question