Posted on 12/24/2017 5:55:22 PM PST by marshmallow
St Thomas Werneth in Oldham has been given the green light to remove the pews so it is able to hold more events within the wider community.
In a ruling last month, Geoffrey Tattersall QC said the church would be allowed to remove the pews as the proposals would have major public benefit outweighing any harm resulting from the loss of the pews.
The area, which is close to Manchester, has an 88 per cent non White-British population.
Its website encouraged people of all nationalities to attend the services.
They said: We usually have at least six nationalities represented in the congregation on a given Sunday.
Whatever your background you can be assured of a warm welcome to our services and our Parish life.
The Chancellor of the Diocese of Manchester said: Its continuing presence is important in enabling social cohesion and contact between local Muslims and Christians.
The purpose of the re-ordering of the Church is to open up the Church for community use, as part of its service and mission to the mainly Muslim community in the parish and to enable the wider community to share its heritage.
"The Church wishes to be a place of welcome, growth and engagement for the local communities."
(Excerpt) Read more at express.co.uk ...
Dumba$$.
They are removing pews to enable the pagan Muslims to ‘pray’ with their bums in the air in a ‘Christian church.
RIP formerly Great Britain. Now ESAD. You deserve it.
RIP formerly Great Britain. Now ESAD. You deserve it.
I would not dare to claim credit for ancient Chinese wisdom. If any puns were made, they came from the mind of Confucious, the most wise.
I am merely the messenger.
No, they are not.
Misinformation like this makes conservatives look like idiots.
Are they allowing followers of Allah to pray for our demise in this church?
Announcing the Church of Dhimmitude. Now open under new management.
Females please use separate entrance.
The warm welcome to all won’t last as the muslims continue to take over.
There are none so blind as those who will not see.
Their sanctuary is desecrated. It is no longer a Christian Church. Which Id what they wanted anyway
More former British islamicide....
No. They are not.
It amazes me how some of the media is spinning this - a congregations spending £300,000 to rejuvenate and revitalise an aging Victorian era church so it can continue to be used for Christian worship and other community activity by its parishoners well into the twenty first century has been completely misrepresented in these newspapers. No non-Christian religious activity will be allowed to take place in this Church. Such would be a violation of Church of England Canon Law and is not even being contemplated. The Church may be used for some secular community activities on occasion - but not non Church of England religious activity.
This should be being celebrated for what it is - a local Christian community of limited means investing in the future of their Church.
That is good they will not allow preaching of our demise.
Why do you even listen to the media? I haven’t listened to them in years. Except when someone find something funny they say for a video clip.
I try not to listen to the media (at least not without checking on what they say) - unfortunately the fact this article was posted here and so many people have reacted to it in the way they are, indicates how much power the media has to misuse and mislead.
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