One in Christ? Why do liberal Christians abuse conservative Christians?
by Archbishop Cranmer:
The Most Rev’d Nicholas Okoh is the Archbishop of Abuja Province and Primate of the Church of Nigeria in the Anglican Communion. A glance at his biography establishes his fraught journey into faith, his manifest learning and expertise. He was the son of poor peasant farmers, became a business entrepreneur, had a conversion experience, was steeped in Scripture, became an evangelist, catechist, scholar, deacon, priest, chaplain, bishop, archbishop; rose to become a Lieutenant Colonel in the Nigerian Army, and is now Chairman of the GAFCON Primates Council.
In an open letter to the Archbishop of Canterbury inter alia, he politely explains that he will not be attending October’s gathering of Anglican Primates owing to “broken fellowship, over homosexual practice, same sex marriage and the blurring of gender identity”. He is of the view that The Episcopal Church (TEC) in the USA is in error on these matters, and previous assurances supported by the Archbishop of Canterbury relating to discipline are not being honoured.
The Rev’d Nick Jones is the Rector of Acton. A glance at his Twitter biography establishes that he is a “Mental Health champion; advocate for a Progressive Christianity; Restorative Justice specialist”. His response to the Archbishop of Nigeria was tersely monosyllabic: “Twat”.
Twat: vulgar slang 1. A woman’s genitals; 2. A person regarded as stupid or obnoxious.
So, as far as the Rev’d Nick Jones is concerned, Archbishop Nicholas Okoh is somewhere between a cretin and another ‘c’ word, which isn’t very charitable or civil, is it?
The attitude is redolent of that expressed by the Rev’d Andrew Foreshew-Cain, following the measured response of Anglican Mainstream to the Joint Statement issued by the Archbishops of Canterbury and York to mark the 50th anniversary of the decriminalisation of homosexual acts:
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