The Very Revd Jeffrey John, Dean of St Albans, has an article in today’s Church Times titled ‘Time to tell the truth about gays’. He says: “It is obvious that a number of bishops are gay, and some are or have been in gay relationships, yet they constantly refer to gay people as if they [...]
A healthy, loving global Anglican Communion for the twenty first century
, April 24th, 2012 1 Comment
(Readers might like to refer to Archbishop Eliud Wabukala’s keynote address to the FCA Leaders Conference) The Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans Leaders Conference is meeting from 23 to 27 April at St Mark’s Battersea Rise, South London. St Mark’s is the next parish to St Barnabas Clapham Common where the Revd David Page was the [...]
Dr Glynn Harrison’s views on homosexuality and his membership of the Crown Nominations Commission
, April 12th, 2012 4 Comments
Last week a Guardian reporter phoned me to consult me about Dr Glynn Harrison’s membership of the Crown Nominations Commission (CNC), the body that will select the next Archbishop of Canterbury (and appoints other diocesan bishops). The Guardian was concerned about Glynn Harrison’s CNC place because of his beliefs about gay people. An article in [...]
Meeting with Bishop Julius Kalu of Mombasa
, March 14th, 2012 2 Comments
Michael Kimindu and I are now in Mombasa after a long and tiring bus journey from Nairobi. The plus side, Michael’s brother-in-law is the manager of the hotel, and very up-market beach front hotel. We are staying in an apartment free of charge, paying only for meals. It was bliss this morning after yesterday’s dust and [...]
The work continues in Kisumu, Western Kenya
, March 9th, 2012 2 Comments
Yesterday Michael Kimindu and I travelled west the 8 hours by coach from Nairobi to Kisumu on the shore of Lake Victoria, closer to the border with Uganda. The journey took us across the Great Rift Valley, past roads leading to the Masai Mara Game Reserve. We continued through one of Kenya’s major tea-growing areas, [...]
Further reflections on the meeting with Bishop Joseph of Machakos
, March 8th, 2012 2 Comments
There is a great divergence of opinion about homosexuality in the Church of Kenya. The Dean of Theology at one of the Nairobi universities sent a text to Michael saying: “In my view, timing, strategy, participants and fear need to be rethought. Several senior clergy including retired Archbishop David Gitari have gay friends and are [...]
Frank Mugisha, leading gay activist, condemns Uganda Anti-Gay Bill
, February 11th, 2012 Be
Two weeks ago I met Frank Mugisha for the first time, although we had connected on Facebook from time to time. Frank is the director of Sexual Minorities Uganda. We met in the House of Commons at an event organised by Kaleidoscope when Frank spoke alongside Maurice Tomlinson from Jamaica and Pang Khee Teik from [...]
