Don’t rule over the ruins, Justin Welby tells Nigerian leaders
By Hassan John, Global Christian News.
Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, has asked Nigerian leaders if they are “prepared to serve in the great building that is Nigeria, or do you insist on ruling, even if only over the ruins?”
Speaking “bluntly as an Archbishop, God knows our true deeds, and we will all face the judgement of God, Muslim and Christian, African Traditional Religion or even atheist. Before God there are no deceptions, no excuses,” Archbishop Welby said.
Welby, giving the keynote address at the pre-election interfaith conference in Abuja on Saturday 13 October, said having been to Nigeria a number of times in the last 40 years, “anything that touches Nigeria touches me deeply. Nigeria has been my teacher, my friend and my passion.”
“When I hear of Nigeria’s difficulties and problems, whether it be terrorism, or economic hardship or the deaths of farmers – too often Christian farmers – I am deeply distressed. I mourn as for a member of my family,” Welby said.
Read Archbishop Welby’s speech in full here
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