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says, “Homosexual practice is incompatible
with Scripture,” and calls upon all in the
Communion in general and the ACC meeting
in Nottingham in particular to likewise affirm
it. The Church of Uganda recognizes that the
schismatic and heretical actions of ECUSA
and the Anglican Church of Canada maintains
its stand of ‘broken communion’ with them,
and challenges those provinces that subscribe
to the authority of scripture to do likewise, for
the sake of Gospel and God’s Church. The
Church of Uganda is committed to
maintaining fellowship, support and
communion with clergy and parishes in these
provinces who seek to uphold biblical
orthodoxy and ‘the faith once delivered to
the saints’ (Church of Uganda).
The Anglican Church of Tanzania was equally firm on the matter, stating that they also
reject homosexual practice as incompatible with Scripture. The African Anglicans are
hardly alone in their stand, as thousands of Western Anglicans now publicly stand with
them, and rather expect them to take the bold orthodox public stands that few others will.
The Anglican Church of South East Asia also stands with the faithful Africans. In
addition to a November 24, 2003 declaration from the Office of the Archbishop of the
Province of the Anglican Church in South East Asia, came a June 2005 press release
highlighting the particular crisis their churches face living among large Muslim and
Buddhist populations, who themselves consider Western Christians a mockery of biblical
teachings.
This is not an overstatement or an
exaggeration of the situation there. In a region
that is dominated by Muslims and Buddhists,
both of whom are exceptionally conservative
and parochial on matters of human sexuality
and religion, Christianity which is perceived
as a religion of the Westerners, has been
subjected to embarrassment and ridicule. In
the eyes of the non-religionists who are
morally serious because of traditional
communal and family values e.g.
Confucianists etc., we are degraded.
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