Changing Attitude winning the charm offensive

[..] I am really gratefully to Bishop Martyn for being willing to take an initiative in helping his own church conform to the commitment made in resolution 1.10 of the Lambeth Conference. The bishops committed themselves to listen to the experience of homosexual persons and wished to assure them that they are loved by God and that all baptised, believing and faithful persons, regardless of sexual orientation, are full members of the Body of Christ. The bishops also said that while rejecting homosexual practice as incompatible with Scripture, they called on all our people to minister pastorally and sensitively to all irrespective of sexual orientation and to condemn irrational fear of homosexuals.

It is this irrational fear that Canon Tunde has been fuelling against Davis, and I hope and pray that Bishop Martyn can ensure Canon Tunde fulfils the requirements of Lambeth 1.10 and confirms that Davis is loved by God, a full member of the Body of Christ, and will be ministered to pastorally and sensitively. We’ll meet again at breakfast tomorrow, I hope.

I am also grateful to Angela Minns, Bishop Martyn’s wife, who offered to get any shopping we needed because she was going to central Dar this morning. I appreciate her kind and generous offer. Read more