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DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania (AP) - A conference of Anglican leaders opened Wednesday as the 77 million-member church struggles with a potentially disastrous fight over the Bible and sexuality.
"I anticipate this will be a very difficult meeting," said Canon Jim Rosenthal, a spokesman for the conference of the world's third-largest church body. "The basic issue here is what to do about those who decided they don't want to stay in the main Anglican body."
Splits between Anglican liberals and conservatives have been growing for years. The struggle reached a crisis in 2003 when the Episcopal Church — the U.S. wing of the global Anglican Communion — consecrated its first openly gay bishop, V. Gene Robinson of New Hampshire.
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