BE JOYFUL:
KEEP THE FAITH!
St David

BYDDWCH LAWEN:
CADWCH
Y FFYDD!
Dewi Sant
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Welcome!         Croeso!

to Forward in Faith Wales

A voice for traditional believers
in the Church in Wales

We uphold:
the faith handed down from Christ by the apostles:
the faith of St. David and all the saints of Wales:
the faith of the historic mainstream of Anglican Christians

WE CONFESS JESUS CHRIST
AS THE ONE AND ONLY SAVIOUR AND LORD.
WE PROCLAIM HIM AS THE GOOD NEWS FOR ALL PEOPLE

  • And so we affirm traditional Christian teaching on life and behaviour. We are committed to the sacredness of life, the holiness of marriage, and to an approach to human sexuality consistent with the teaching of the Lord and his apostles as passed down in Scripture and the tradition of the Church.

  • We believe that men and women are equal in Christ, but have different roles and responsibilities. We stand by the teaching of the universal and undivided Church on Holy Order, and are unable to accept the ordination of women to the priesthood and episcopate.

  • We work and pray for the reunion of all Christians on the basis of the Catholic faith of the undivided Church as received from Christ through the apostles, based on Scripture as the Word of God for all times.

  • We join with all men and women of good will in striving for a just and harmonious society, and the right stewardship of God's creation.


We take as a summary of our aims the words of St David, Patron of Wales:

BE JOYFUL: KEEP THE FAITH !

Fr Alan Rabjohns (Chairman)

 

Commenting on the Governing Body of the Church in Wales’ decision on the Bill to enable women to be ordained as bishops the Reverend Alan Rabjohns, Chairman of Credo Cymru / Forward in Faith Wales, said today (3 April 2008)

‘The extraordinary scenes at Lampeter yesterday have left many people reeling. Those in favour of the Bill must have thought that they had achieved their objective whenthe amendment recommended by the Select Committee which said that pastoral care for those unable to accept the provision would be providedby an assistant bishop was lost. But the substantive motion on the Bill in its final form was lost by three votes in the house of clergy and only four votes prevented it from failing in thehouse of laity too.

‘The reason for this is not hard to find. It is the result of trying prematurely to foreclose the period of reception and refusing to clarify the nature of the provision for opponents contained in the original bill, when the constitutional provision contained in the amended bill had been ruled out. This led to some of those who would not have voted against the Bill in the ordinary way of things to say that without even a modicum of fairness and justice they could not support it.

‘We should not be under any illusion that the issue has goneaway; it will inevitably return. Let us hope thatwhen it does so wiser counsels will prevail and the ‘experiment in internal ecumenism’ which began with the appointment of the first Provincial Assistant Bishop in 1996, and which has helped many of us to continue to play as full a part as possible in theChurch of our land, will continue. In the meantime, we will continue to proclaim the full Gospel of Christ in season and out of season.’

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