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Andrew Goddard: The Archbishop,Same-sex Marriage and Violence: What are the issues?

Posted on April 7, 2014 by Kendall Harmon

Those pressing for change therefore need seriously to attend to these complex realities and questions even though they are not as obvious and pressing for most English Anglicans in their parishes as they are for bishops whose ministry connects them with the wider church. Those of us upholding the current teaching and discipline similarly have seriously to address the complex realities and questions we face here and now with the introduction of same-sex marriage and ask those in other parts of the Communion to understand our context as we seek to understand theirs. If we can honestly and humbly acknowledge and wrestle with these challenges then the forthcoming facilitated conversations could, rather than being a belligerent stand-off, still become fruitful dialogues where we might discern together what it means for us to love God and to love our neighbours, both near and distant.

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One comment on “Andrew Goddard: The Archbishop,Same-sex Marriage and Violence: What are the issues?”

  1. hoggy says:
    April 8, 2014 at 1:09 am

    Another Murder on Sunday In Africa: Assassins storm Anglican church in Ijebu-Ode, kill high chiefAssassins storm Anglican church in Ijebu-Ode, kill high chiefBy Omotola Filani on April 7, 2014 Tweet Pin It

    An Ijebu chief, Chief Tola Okuneye was shot dead during a church service in Ijebu Igbo, Ogun State, by suspected assassins on Sunday.

    Dailypost gathered that the chief was shot dead by ten armed men who stormed St. John African Church, Oke Sopen around 11am while service was ongoing.

    A member of the congregation who witnessed the attack said “The service was on when we noticed that some boys numbering about ten armed to teeth entered the church and headed straight to where Chief Okuneye was sitting and shot him on the head. It was the time our preacher was about to mount the pulpit. It was about 11.00a.m.”

    We will bring you more details as it unfolds.
    Until his death, Chief Okuneye was the chairman of Ijebu North Local Government Police Community Relations Committee. Fondly called ”Ajagajigi”, the deceased was said to be a close maternal family member of a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the town.

    The 70-year-old Chief was a one time famous furniture expert made popular by his craft within Ijebu Igbo and its environs.