London (AFP) - The Church of England gathered Friday for its most important meeting in more than 20 years to decide whether women should become bishops, after decades of division on the issue.
Bishops, vicars and ordinary members of the church are meeting at the start of a General Synod focused on Monday's vote over an issue which has split the church for at least half a century.
A proposal to allow women bishops was rejected as recently as 2012, prompting a public outcry.
But since then the church has gained a new leader, Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby. The former oil executive strongly supports the move and has urged
"massive cultural change".
It has also engaged figures who worked on peace efforts in Northern Ireland to help resolve the dispute, despite opposition from conservatives.
http://news.yahoo.com/church-england-prepares-vote-women-bishops-115825063.html;_ylt=AwrBEiR8EMBTLQ8ApX7QtDMDThe bible dosen't really give much instrution on cultural change. Hebrews 13:8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.
2 Tim 3:16 All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness; 2 Tim 4:3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but wanting to have their ears tickled, they will accumulate for themselves teachers in accordance to their own desires, 4 and will turn away their ears from the truth and will turn aside to myths.
