By living in a civil partnership, Cherry Vann is openly contradicting God’s Word. She isn’t fit to be Archbishop

Cherry Vann has been entrusted with the spiritual leadership of a Church while publicly rejecting the moral standards it is called to uphold, says Christian Concern’s Andrea Williams

The announcement that Cherry Vann is to become Archbishop of Wales marks a new and disturbing chapter in the story of the Church in Wales.

Vann is openly living in a same-sex civil partnership with another woman, a lifestyle in direct defiance of the Bible’s teaching on sexuality and marriage. That she has now been elevated to the highest ecclesiastical office in Wales reveals the full extent to which the Church of Wales  has abandoned the gospel it once preached.

The Bible is not ambiguous on matters of sexual ethics. From Genesis to Revelation, scripture affirms that marriage is a sacred, covenantal union between one man and one woman (Genesis 2:24; Matthew 19:4–6). Sexual intimacy is a gift from God, but it is to be enjoyed exclusively within that marital bond (Hebrews 13:4). Any sexual relationship outside of that context, whether heterosexual or homosexual, is repeatedly condemned in scripture (Romans 1:26–27; 1 Corinthians 6:9–10).

This is not a matter of interpretation. It is the plain and historic teaching of the Church, grounded in God’s Word and reaffirmed throughout the centuries. By contrast, Cherry Vann is living openly in a way that the Bible describes as sinful. And more than that, she has been entrusted with the spiritual leadership of a Church while publicly rejecting the moral standards it is called to uphold.