World Anglican Church leaders will discuss whether to repent for "discriminating" against gay and lesbian Christians at a meeting in Canterbury, UK.
More than 100 senior Anglicans have signed a letter, sent to the Archbishops of Canterbury and York, calling for church leaders to change their treatment of gay and lesbian Christians.
Leaders of the World Anglican Church will discuss the letter at a meeting on Monday.
Jane Ozanne, a member of the General Synod and signatory of the letter said: “I’d like to see [the primates] repent for the way that they’ve treated and spoken about us".
“I would love for the primates to turn around and say we’ve got it wrong," she said.
"I don’t think it’s going to happen.”
The contentious issue is expected to cause divisions across the church, with North American and African leaders on opposite sides of the debate.
“It’s about source of authority - whether we just make it up as we go along or does the church recognise the authority of the Bible and the unanimous teaching of the whole church for 200 years,” Michael Nazir-Ail, former Bishop of Rochester said.
There are fears from some Anglican Church member the gathering arranged by the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby could be the last if the 39 leaders in attendance cannot agree.
