A member of the General Synod who tabled a private member’s motion on the evangelisation of Muslims has protested against its “postponement” from the July group of sessions.
The member, Paul Eddy, a lay representative for Winchester, had received 124 signatures of support for his motion, but, owing to time constraints, a motion on church tourism with 134 signatures takes precedence, and will be the only private member’s motion debated.
Mr Eddy, a theological student who runs his own PR company and was initially UK press officer for Gafcon, had called on the House of Bishops in his motion to “report to the Synod on their understanding of the uniqueness of Christ in Britain’s multifaith society, and to offer examples and commendations of good practice in sharing the gospel of salvation through Christ alone with people of other faiths and none”.
He suggested in a press release he issued on Tuesday that the church Establishment had been worried about the effect the debate would have on the “position of the C of E, headed by the Archbishop, in the run-up to Lambeth”. Electronic voting, he said, would have shown how many bishops believed in “the uniqueness of Christ as the only means of salvation”.
Mr. Eddy would be an great replacement for Rowen Williams. Note the office has been assigned to non-ordained in the past, he has a better grasp of Christian theology than deveral of the bishops of TCoE!
[blockquote]“It was always possible it would be included, which is why we asked for background papers. In fact, we didn’t get one from Paul Eddy, but we looked at all the material. It’s a very full timetable. There’s a lot of legislation that has to be done, and there’s also a lot, of course, about the women-bishops report.â€
Standing orders gave priority to diocesan-synod motions, of which there were to be two at the July sessions, Prebendary Garlick said. She dismissed Mr Eddy’s suggestion that the “church Establishment†had ruled the motion out. [/blockquote]
How sadly predictable. CoE is too busy becoming a tourist attraction/museum/mausoleum to have time for Jesus. Christe eleison!