Asked by Mark Michael of The Living Church; "You affirmed the validity of Lambeth 1.10. What does that mean?" the African archbishop said it means that Lambeth 1.10 is not rescinded. It is part of our history. We have given an assessment of where we stand."

Four of his bishops spoke movingly to Virtueonline about the situation of their people in their dioceses who face starvation and poverty in order to maintain their integrity.

Bishop Moses Deng of Northern Bahr-el-Ghazal explained that South Sudan has been in a state of 'war' since 1955. But even now, many rebel groups have not signed the Revitalised Peace Agreement which runs out in February 2023.

With conviction, Welby wrote: "I write therefore to affirm that the validity of the resolution passed at the Lambeth Conference 1998, 1:10 is not in doubt and that whole resolution is still in existence. Indeed, the Call on Human Dignity made clear this is the case, as the resolution is quoted from three times in the paragraph 2.3 of the Call on Human Dignity."

But where in scripture have they found that God blesses same sex behavior?

Bishop Tim Thornton, the Archbishop of Canterbury's personal assistant involved in the "Calls" here in Canterbury, reinforced that this conference was about meeting each other to listen and pray with each other. "This is not a legislative body. The provinces are autonomous."