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We are discredited even in the eyes of many
governments in our region, not only the
Islamic government in Malaysia and Indonesia
but also the Singapore government, when the
Church expresses herself in areas of social and
moral ethics and values. Christian churches of
the other denominations feel it unfair that they
have been tarred with the same brush as that
for the Anglican Church. They are also
embarrassed by what is shamelessly practiced
by the Church in the North American
provinces.
Who suffers The evangelization and mission
of all the churches in our region suffer. The
Anglican Church which has the responsibility
to evangelize 400 million people in the nine
nations of the province, are the primary
sufferers. Our members are at pains to
understand the actions of ECUSA and Canada.
We cannot defend the actions because those
actions are blatantly in violation of the Holy
Scripture. Not to defend the actions or to even
rationalize them begs the question why we
should remain in communion with the
churches in ECUSA and the Anglican Church
of Canada.
The power of the gospel to change
and transform lives is the essential part of our
faith. This power of the Gospel gives hope and
life to the masses in South East Asia who have
been disillusioned by the other traditional
religions of the land. The innovative teaching
prevailing in the West is contradicting the true
teachings as revealed in the Bible. Such
teachings present a totally different ‘gospel’
and directly undermine the very basis and
foundations of our reason to share the Gospel.
They are offensive not only to our Bible
believing brethren but to all the other faith
Communities (Church of South East Asia).
Predictably, Western Anglican Church leaders responded, attempting to justify their
own twisted position and tried to discredit their own denominational brethren -- saying
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