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Vicars Should Grow Beards to Reach Out to Muslims in Their Areas, Says Bishop of London
The Daily Mail (UK) ^ | 1/22/16 | Katie Louise Davies, Jenny Stanton and Steve Doughty

Posted on 01/24/2016 1:13:30 PM PST by marshmallow

* Rt Rev. Richard Chartres praised two priests who had grown bushy beards
* Applauded their desire to reach out to the 'majority of their parishioners'
*Bishop described his own beard, which he grew in the 1970s, as modest
*He also said 'saint' David Beckham encouraged men to grow facial hair

Clergymen should grow beards to emphasise their holiness to Muslims, the Bishop of London has suggested.

Rt Reverend Richard Chartres said the modern fashion for facial hair should not be the preserve of hispters, but would also be likely to impress those from Eastern cultures where wearing a beard could mark a man out as holy.

He singled out two priests in Tower Hamlets - the Rev. Adam Atkinson, Vicar of St Peter's church in Bethnal Green, and Rev. Cris Rogers of All Hallows Bow - who have grown bushy beards.

Writing in the Church Times, Rev. Chartres, who himself sports a 'modest' beard, said: 'The discovery that two of the most energetic priests in east London had recently grown beards of an opulence that would not have disgraced a Victorian sage prompted me to look again at the barbate debate throughout Church history.

'The two priests work in parishes in Tower Hamlets. Most of the residents are Bangladeshi-Sylheti, for whom the wearing of a beard is one of the marks of a holy man.'

He said the desire of the clergy of Tower Hamlets to 'reach out to the culture of the majority of their parishioners can only be applauded'.

He went on to say that David Beckham - who he describes as the 'nearest thing to a secular saint' - has 'stimulated countless imitators'.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: General Discusssion; Islam; Mainline Protestant; Ministry/Outreach
KEYWORDS: davidcameron; england; europeanunion; islam; nato; nigelfarage; richardchartres; ukip; ungland; unitedkingdom; waronterror
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To: marshmallow

How long before they suggest reading from the Koran during the service?


21 posted on 01/24/2016 1:47:38 PM PST by raybbr (Obamacare needs a deatha panel)
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To: kevao

When you surrender to a woman, you deserve to be overrun


22 posted on 01/24/2016 1:48:55 PM PST by Kozy
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To: marshmallow
should grow beards

or marry one.

23 posted on 01/24/2016 1:49:17 PM PST by windsorknot
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To: kevao

With so many socialist, atheists and Democrats (did I repeat myself?) in America, I don’t know that America would fight back. Right now the answer with Obama in office is a loud NO!!


24 posted on 01/24/2016 1:51:33 PM PST by Lawgvr1955 ( Sic Semper Tyrannis)
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To: marshmallow

Is there no end to this nonsense? What is next? Having women wear burkas? Muslims are becoming the West’s “scared cows.”


25 posted on 01/24/2016 1:54:26 PM PST by Jane Austen (Marco Rubio is the White Obama and beholden to special interests.)
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To: Kozy

The most important unanswered question of our times:

Why?


26 posted on 01/24/2016 1:58:43 PM PST by Eddie01 (If you burnin' bandwidth with your mind, find time to pay the organ grind)
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To: marshmallow

Dear Bishop, I sure wish you’d stand up for Christian faith instead of kissing Satan’s arse...

1 Peter 5:
“ 8 Discipline yourselves, keep alert.[a] Like a roaring lion your adversary the devil prowls around, looking for someone to devour. 9 Resist him, steadfast in your faith, for you know that your brothers and sisters[b] in all the world are undergoing the same kinds of suffering.”

Ephesians 6:
“whole armor of God, so that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. 12 For our[a] struggle is not against enemies of blood and flesh, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers of this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places. 13 Therefore take up the whole armor of God, so that you may be able to withstand on that evil day, and having done everything, to stand firm. 14 Stand therefore, and fasten the belt of truth around your waist, and put on the breastplate of righteousness. 15 As shoes for your feet put on whatever will make you ready to proclaim the gospel of peace. 16 With all of these,[b] take the shield of faith, with which you will be able to quench all the flaming arrows of the evil one. 17 Take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. 18 Pray in the Spirit at all times in every prayer and supplication. To that end keep alert and always persevere in supplication for all the saints.”


27 posted on 01/24/2016 2:06:24 PM PST by faithhopecharity ("Politicians are not born, they're excreted." Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 -- 43 BCE))
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To: marshmallow

what in the hell is going on????????????

have the diaper heads infiltrated everywhere?


28 posted on 01/24/2016 2:07:48 PM PST by Mr. K
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To: marshmallow

The Anglican communion has become soooo trendy; no eternal truths for them. They could start raping young girls and cutting heads off and burning other Christians i cages— all in the name of reaching out, of course.


29 posted on 01/24/2016 2:11:38 PM PST by AmericanVictory (Should we be more like them or they more like we used to be?)
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To: marshmallow

Bishop, Patriarch of Jerusalem 1187: “Convert to Islam, repent later”.

Nothing new under the sun.


30 posted on 01/24/2016 2:13:56 PM PST by INVAR ("Fart for liberty, fart for freedom and fart proudly!" - Benjamin Franklin)
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To: marshmallow
"Their parishioners"?

It's more a question of being able to walk down the street without being recognized as Christians.

31 posted on 01/24/2016 2:27:46 PM PST by Salman
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To: marshmallow

They’ve long gone over to the dark side.


32 posted on 01/24/2016 2:28:07 PM PST by Lil Flower (American by birth. Southern by the Grace of God. ROLL TIDE!!)
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To: marshmallow
Are all bishops retarded?

Here's the deal. Reach out to Moslems and invite them to join a non-gutter persuasion. If they prefer Sharia they aren't likely good prospects or assets after they join.

33 posted on 01/24/2016 3:49:36 PM PST by stevem
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To: marshmallow

And the muslims see all this pandering to them as weakness and grow ever more contemptuous of Westerners.

And these bishops are just fueling that fire.


34 posted on 01/24/2016 4:00:36 PM PST by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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To: marshmallow

At least the “stupid” will be visible on the outside.


35 posted on 01/24/2016 4:24:16 PM PST by moovova
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To: marshmallow

When do these clerics start raping non-mohammedan women and beheading the people in their outreach program?


36 posted on 01/24/2016 5:07:57 PM PST by Bigg Red (Keep calm and Pray on.)
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To: marshmallow

Jesus and the apostles had beards. Early Christians, monks ... They stole the beard thing from us. I’m growing a winter beard and am starting to look like a monk/October relief pitcher.


37 posted on 01/26/2016 12:39:02 AM PST by MDLION (J"Trust in the Lord with all your heart" -Proverbs 3:5)
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