Church of England Leaders Denounce Evangelism of Muslims
The Great Commission is dead. Evangelism? Extinct. Spreading the Gospel? Little more than a footnote in the history of the Church of England, dying a quick death at the hand of multiculturalism and interfaith respect.
From the Telegraph:
The Bishop of Rochester, the Rt Rev Michael Nazir-Ali, accused the Church of failing in its duty to "welcome people of other faiths" ahead of a motion at July's General Synod in York urging a strategy for evangelising Muslims.It seems that for many leaders in the Church of England, this whole Jesus thing could really get in the way of what might otherwise be a pretty cool ride.
However, his comments were condemned by senior figures within the Church. The Rt Rev Stephen Lowe, the former Bishop of Hulme and the newly appointed Bishop of Urban Life and Faith, said: "Both the Bishop of Rochester's reported comments and the synod private members' motion show no sensitivity to the need for good inter-faith relations. Christians, Jews, Muslims, Hindus and Sikhs are learning to respect one another's paths to God and to live in harmony. This demand for the evangelisation of people of other faiths contributes nothing to our communities."
In today's church, not making people angry or uncomfortable supersedes the word of Jesus Christ.
h/t Dhimmi Watch
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See "Anatomy of a Surrender" in City Journal, http://www.city-journal.org/2008/18_2_cultural_jihadists.html.
"Motivated by fear and multiculturalism, too many Westerners are acquiescing to creeping sharia.
". . . The cultural jihadists have enjoyed disturbing success. . . . Call it a cultural surrender. The House of War is slowly—or not so slowly, in Europe’s case—being absorbed into the House of Submission. The Western media are in the driver’s seat on this road to sharia. Often their approach is to argue that we’re the bad guys . . ." (much more)
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