Wednesday, October 15, 2003

NIGERIAN ANGLICANS TAKE A STAND

The world's second largest Anglican fellowship isprotesting the confirmation of homosexual bishops:
Members of Nigeria's 17 million-strong Anglican Church - the world's second-largest Anglican congregation - spent a day fasting and praying to protest the confirmation of homosexual priests and bishops in Britain and the United States.

"We are not happy that the Archbishop of Canterbury is being soft on this issue of homosexuals in the church," the Rev Obi Ulonna, referring to the titular head of the 77 million-member global Anglican community.

"We are praying that God will guide and protect our Bishop and all who are against the gay movement," added Rev Ulonna, a cleric at the St Stephens parish in Lagos.

Perhaps someday Africa can send missionaries to America and Britain to help teach that the Bible actually means what is says on such issues.

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