Anglican Mainstream is a conservative Anglican organization from the Church of England. It describes itself as "a community within the Anglican Communion committed to promote, teach and maintain the Scriptural truths on which the Anglican Church was founded".[citation needed] It is best known through its website, which posts items of interest or concern to its constituency. The convenor of the organization's UK steering committee is Philip Giddings.[1]
It brings together Anglicans in the British Isles who are concerned to maintain a traditional position on controversial issues. Participating organisations include evangelical groups in England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland, such as Reform, Church Society, the Church of England Evangelical Council, the New Wine network, the Scottish Anglican Network and mission agencies. It has close links with similar groups in North America and South Africa.
Anglican Mainstream is concerned about a number of social issues including abortion and end of life issues, the status of marriage and family, evangelism, the cultural challenge of secular society and general Anglican church life in Britain and overseas. Of all the issues with which it is concerned, its stance on issues of sexuality has drawn controversy, particularly its support for sexual abstinence for homosexual people and the ex-gay movement, which it considers to be a minority group often ignored or silenced. Liberal pro-homosexuality groups such as Changing Attitude have been particularly opposed to Anglican Mainstream, especially over their view that homosexual orientation is an unalterable fact of human nature.[5][6]
In 2012, Anglican Mainstream was part of a coalition of Christian groups intending to run a two-week campaign in which some London buses would carry an advertisement reading "Not gay! Post-gay, ex-gay and proud. Get over it!" in the same style as adverts produced by Stonewall, the gay rights group. The intention was to draw attention to the existence of ex-gays and the possibility of change, a claim which is contradicted by some mainstream psychologists.[7] After receiving appropriate permissions the campaign was then prohibited by London's mayor, Boris Johnson, because of the offence he believed it would cause.[8][9]
^. Changing Attitude. 2012-01-30. Archived from the original on 2012-02-07. Retrieved 2012-07-09.
^"The Royal College of Psychiatrists believes strongly in evidence based treatment. There is no sound scientific evidence that sexual orientation can be changed. Furthermore, so-called treatments of homosexuality create a setting in which prejudice and discrimination flourish." http://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/pdf/rcpsychposstatementsexorientation.pdf 2018-11-18 at the Wayback Machine
^. Anglican Mainstream. 2012-04-12. Archived from the original on 2012-08-27. Retrieved 2012-07-09.
^Pippa Crerar, City Hall Editor (2012-04-19). "Boris Johnson: 'Why I banned gay cure bus ads' - Mayor - News - Evening Standard". Thisislondon.co.uk. Retrieved 2012-07-09. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)
^. Anglican Mainstream. 2012-04-19. Archived from the original on 2014-03-20. Retrieved 2012-07-09.
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January 01, 1970
anglican, mainstream, conservative, anglican, organization, from, church, england, describes, itself, community, within, anglican, communion, committed, promote, teach, maintain, scriptural, truths, which, anglican, church, founded, citation, needed, best, kno. Anglican Mainstream is a conservative Anglican organization from the Church of England It describes itself as a community within the Anglican Communion committed to promote teach and maintain the Scriptural truths on which the Anglican Church was founded citation needed It is best known through its website which posts items of interest or concern to its constituency The convenor of the organization s UK steering committee is Philip Giddings 1 Anglican MainstreamAbbreviationAMFormation2004TypeAnglican realignmentSocial conservatismHeadquartersEynsham Oxfordshire EnglandConvenorPhilip GiddingsAffiliationsGlobal Anglican Future ConferenceChristian ConcernChristian InstituteWebsiteanglicanmainstream wbr org Contents 1 Britain and Ireland 2 Anglican realignment 3 Social conservatism 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksBritain and Ireland editIt brings together Anglicans in the British Isles who are concerned to maintain a traditional position on controversial issues Participating organisations include evangelical groups in England Scotland Wales and Ireland such as Reform Church Society the Church of England Evangelical Council the New Wine network the Scottish Anglican Network and mission agencies It has close links with similar groups in North America and South Africa Anglican realignment editAnglican Mainstream is also involved in partnering with growing churches in the developing world through Anglican International Development AID 2 It has strong links with the Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans 3 and supports the Anglican realignment and the Global Anglican Future Conference GAFCON 4 Social conservatism editMain article Homosexuality and Anglicanism Anglican Mainstream is concerned about a number of social issues including abortion and end of life issues the status of marriage and family evangelism the cultural challenge of secular society and general Anglican church life in Britain and overseas Of all the issues with which it is concerned its stance on issues of sexuality has drawn controversy particularly its support for sexual abstinence for homosexual people and the ex gay movement which it considers to be a minority group often ignored or silenced Liberal pro homosexuality groups such as Changing Attitude have been particularly opposed to Anglican Mainstream especially over their view that homosexual orientation is an unalterable fact of human nature 5 6 In 2012 Anglican Mainstream was part of a coalition of Christian groups intending to run a two week campaign in which some London buses would carry an advertisement reading Not gay Post gay ex gay and proud Get over it in the same style as adverts produced by Stonewall the gay rights group The intention was to draw attention to the existence of ex gays and the possibility of change a claim which is contradicted by some mainstream psychologists 7 After receiving appropriate permissions the campaign was then prohibited by London s mayor Boris Johnson because of the offence he believed it would cause 8 9 See also editReform Anglican Core Issues Trust Mediawatch UKReferences edit Anglican Mainstream Who we are Archived from the original on 2014 04 06 Retrieved 2013 01 20 International Anglican Aid Interanglicanaid org Retrieved 2012 07 09 Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans Fca net 2008 06 29 Retrieved 2012 07 09 Global Anglican Future GAFCON Retrieved 2012 07 09 The shocking failure of Anglican Mainstream s cure for homosexual lepers Changing Attitude 2012 01 30 Archived from the original on 2012 02 07 Retrieved 2012 07 09 The Royal College of Psychiatrists believes strongly in evidence based treatment There is no sound scientific evidence that sexual orientation can be changed Furthermore so called treatments of homosexuality create a setting in which prejudice and discrimination flourish http www rcpsych ac uk pdf rcpsychposstatementsexorientation pdf Archived 2018 11 18 at the Wayback Machine Blog Archive London bus campaign challenges Stonewall s claim that gay is innate Anglican Mainstream 2012 04 12 Archived from the original on 2012 08 27 Retrieved 2012 07 09 Pippa Crerar City Hall Editor 2012 04 19 Boris Johnson Why I banned gay cure bus ads Mayor News Evening Standard Thisislondon co uk Retrieved 2012 07 09 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a author has generic name help Blog Archive Anglican Mainstream accuses London Mayor of Censorship Anglican Mainstream 2012 04 19 Archived from the original on 2014 03 20 Retrieved 2012 07 09 External links editOfficial website nbsp Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Anglican Mainstream amp oldid 1203706119, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
