Kenyan Anglican Bishop Attacked for Opposing US Homosexual Appointment

VIRTUOSITY Digest - 8 Aug 2003 to 9 Aug 2003 (#2003-68) ^ | Date: Sat, 9 Aug 2003 01:10:55 EDT | By Dennis Lumiti

[mlmr]

Kenyan Bishop attacked for opposing US homosexual appointment

By Dennis Lumiti

A Kenyan Anglican Bishop was yesterday morning attacked in a London street by two Church of England colleagues for opposing the appointment of a homosexual bishop by the US Episcopal Church.

The British clerics accused the Anglican Church of Kenya (ACK) of taking an uncompromising stand over the controversial appointment of Rev Gene Robinson as bishop of New Hampshire.

The two confronted Bishop Simon Oketch in London where he is attending an international seminar dubbed: "New Wine Conference".

The confrontation began with a heated argument over the appointment of Robinson and almost resulted in an exchange of blows before members of the public came to Oketch's rescue.

Oketch, who is in-Charge of ACK Maseno North Diocese, called the East African Standard Kakamega office from London immediately after the incident.

"I did not have any fear being in the United Kingdom because Anglican clergymen in this country have never indicated their support for this kind of behaviour," he said.

Oketch said he was going to the venue of the seminar when he alighted from a vehicle while dressed in his collar. The religious garb attracted the attention of the church leaders who were walking along the street.

He said when the English clergymen saw him, they asked him to stop and after greetings, inquired which country he was from.

"When I said I was from Kenya, they expressed anger and asked me to discuss an issue with them before I could continue with my journey," he said.

"One of them said they were saddened by the stand taken by the Anglican Church in Kenya and other countries over the appointment of the gay bishop.

"I told them we could not budge on the issue and that we will oppose it to the end because it is un-Christian," said Oketch.

He said his reply did not go down well with his colleagues who then grabbed him and threatened to beat him up before members of the public noticed the commotion and came to his rescue.

He said the clergymen hurled abuse at him over ACK's stand as they were being pulled away by members of the public.

Meanwhile, an American evangelist yesterday condemned the appointment of the practising homosexual as Bishop, adds Francis Nzaywa

Rev Edward Henderson of Study, Observe and Teach (SOT) Ministries in North Dallas,Texas, at the same time said homosexuals should be barred from holding offices in churches around the world.

Rev Henderson said homosexuals cannot claim to have been called to minister over the Church of Christ as they lacked the spiritual, theological and moral right to do so.

The clergyman said this when he gave a keynote speech during a three- day SOT Life Changing Seminar at a Kakamega hotel.

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[putupon]

If a queer assaults someone for being normal, is it a hate crime?

[ChadGore]

violent fags.

[farmfriend]

ping

[farmfriend]

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[Paul Atreides]

Such peaceful pro-homosexual clergy. I guess the poor victim will have a movie made about this hate crime perpetrated upon him.

[Paul Atreides]

Just a preview of things to come.

[Lijahsbubbe]

They don't want tolerance. They want total domination.

[Mears]

What's with these guys. Is it the heat?

[Mears]

Is it a hate crime? In your dreams!!!!!

[Lantern1776]

I bet that's how he got off from the touching charges.

This morning my pastor metioned that an openly gay congressman was adressing the UN about boycotts on countries that do not tolerate sodomites, and he said that religion gets in the way of the homosexual agenda. Then a professor from Princeton University suggested that they should limit religious freedoms.

[Threepwood]

Nah, just surly little people who aren't getting their way. Gives you a general idea of the quality of clergy involved though. Yeesh.

[Eala]

They don't want tolerance. They want total domination.

Bingo!!

And I hope other American/Western denominations are taking note. It's coming... if not through your councils and conferences, through the law.

[r9etb]

I'm a fan of David Virtue, but he sometimes overstates things. This is such an odd story, that I wonder whether the "nearly came to blows" part is inaccurate.

That said, I can certainly believe that there are clergy who would get right in his face to denounce him.

Indeed, I seem to recall a passage in Genesis that sounds eerily familiar:

But he insisted so strongly that they did go with him and entered his house. He prepared a meal for them, baking bread without yeast, and they ate. Before they had gone to bed, all the men from every part of the city of Sodom-both young and old-surrounded the house. They called to Lot, "Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us so that we can have sex with them." (Genesis 19:3-5)

As a matter of fact, the Old Testament flavor of this whole mess is too obvious to ignore.....

[Paul Atreides]

With homosexuals involved, "nearly came to blows" is a rather ambiguous statement.

[mlmr]

Are you saying that it is not true? Or are you saying that the immorality of the event is timeless?

[mlmr]

Paaauuulll!!

[daveoverpar]

I didn't know the demoncratic party had a branch in the Church of England?

[glory]

__________

From Matthew 7

"Enter by the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is easy, that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. 14 For the gate is narrow and the way is hard, that leads to life, and those who find it are few.


Wonder if "bishop" Robinson ever read the above?

15 "Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves.

ECUSA? "Bishop" Robinson??

16 You will know them by their fruits. Are grapes gathered from thorns, or figs from thistles? 17 So, every sound tree bears good fruit, but the bad tree bears evil fruit. 18 A sound tree cannot bear evil fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit. 19 Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. 20 Thus you will know them by their fruits. 21


Wonder how we can apply the above from Matthew to the following statement:

He said his reply did not go down well with his colleagues who then grabbed him and threatened to beat him up before members of the public noticed the commotion and came to his rescue.

Indeed, we can know them by their fruits...

[mlmr]

Leftist, Marxist, socialist, Nazi,&*%^%$$%#$$%#$# thugs are the same worldwide.