Muslim guest preacher at Holy Week renewal of vows in Atlanta
from Episcopal Cafe:
As clergy and laity across the church meet to renew their baptismal and ordination vows during Holy Week, the Diocese of Atlanta has made an unusual invitation.
The Atlanta Daily World reports that Bishop Robert C. Wright has invited Soumaya Khalifa, the founder and executive director of the Islamic Speakers Bureau of Atlanta to preach at the Holy Week service at St David’s Episcopal Church, Roswell, on Tuesday.
Wright said he chose Khalifa because of her ongoing efforts to bridge the gaps between religions.
“Soumaya provides a wonderful example for how to share the love of God; the same God worshiped by all the world’s Christians, Jews and Muslims,” Wright said. “It is an example that has never been more needed.” …
Tuesday’s is not the first time this Episcopal service has featured a preacher from another religion. In 2015, Wright arranged to have the renewal service held at The Temple, a Reform synagogue on Peachtree Street in Midtown Atlanta. The preacher for that service was The Temple’s senior Rabbi Peter S. Berg.
The event announcement on the diocesan website adds further background on the guest preacher.
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