Welcome, Guest: Register On Nairaland / LOGIN! / Trending / Recent / New
Stats: 3,151,842 members, 7,813,838 topics. Date: Tuesday, 30 April 2024 at 07:37 PM

Church Of England Set To Ordain First Nigerian Gay Priest - Religion - Nairaland

Nairaland Forum / Nairaland / General / Religion / Church Of England Set To Ordain First Nigerian Gay Priest (506 Views)

Church Of England Wants To Stop Referring To God As ‘he’, ‘him’ And ‘our Father' / Church Of England Votes In Favour Of Blessings For Same-sex Unions (pics) / Church Of England Paves The Way For Same-sex Marriages ( Pics) (2) (3) (4)

(1) (Reply) (Go Down)

Church Of England Set To Ordain First Nigerian Gay Priest by engeesbee: 11:11am On Mar 27, 2019
Founder of the first gay church in Nigeria – House of Rainbow – so named most likely because the colours of the rainbow is same as that of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender LGBTIQ Movement, Rowland Olajide Macaulay, who fled Nigeria to escape a 14-year jail sentence, may soon be ordained priest by the Church of England in the United Kingdom.

Homosexuality is a topic that sparked controversy in Nigeria and a majority of the population was vociferously against acts of homosexuality which now attracts a 14-year jail sentence in accordance to Nigerian law.

The founder of Nigeria’s first gay church, House of Rainbow, Rowland Olajide Macaulay, a reverend who sees himself as an activist, fled the country as soon as the National Assembly enacted a law prohibiting such anti-social behaviours. Although it was founded in Nigeria in September 2006 by Macaulay, Nigeria’s first openly gay pastor, there is still no record of a physical church structure for House of Rainbow on Nigerian soil. Macaulay ran the church from his home in Jakande Estate, Isolo, Lagos, and a “worship space” in Ojodu Berger, Lagos, with about 32 people in attendance at the first meeting which took place at Ikeja Capital City Hotel, Ikeja, Lagos.

Macaulay, now 53 years old, recently stirred the hornest’s nest as he shared...

Continue reading on:[url] https://skynewsngr.com/church-of-england-set-to-ordain-first-nigerian-gay-priest/[/url]

Re: Church Of England Set To Ordain First Nigerian Gay Priest by uchaymart(m): 11:14am On Mar 27, 2019
Gay priest You go hang one day
Re: Church Of England Set To Ordain First Nigerian Gay Priest by Maxi3k(m): 11:15am On Mar 27, 2019
Udonminit
Re: Church Of England Set To Ordain First Nigerian Gay Priest by Nobody: 11:22am On Mar 27, 2019
Tufia.. *Spits*.. Where is that Man Tufiakwa Meme sef. That meme dey off me
Re: Church Of England Set To Ordain First Nigerian Gay Priest by dirtycoin(m): 1:06pm On Mar 27, 2019
Hmmm
Re: Church Of England Set To Ordain First Nigerian Gay Priest by Originakalokalo(m): 1:08pm On Mar 27, 2019
Good for them.

I don't serve the church of England.... I serve God almighty.
Re: Church Of England Set To Ordain First Nigerian Gay Priest by rekinomtla(m): 1:27pm On Mar 27, 2019
Mr Macaulay needs to listen to some of pastor Steve Anderson sermons on the sodomites.
Re: Church Of England Set To Ordain First Nigerian Gay Priest by engeesbee: 2:37pm On Mar 27, 2019
dirtycoin:
Hmmm

Why moaning?
Re: Church Of England Set To Ordain First Nigerian Gay Priest by engeesbee: 11:44am On Mar 28, 2019
.

(1) (Reply)

Mother Births Baby As Surrogate So Her Gay Son Can Have A Child / Moon Sighted As Muslims Celebrate Sallah Tomorrow Tuesday June 4th / How Do Jehovah's Witnesses Become Apostate?

(Go Up)

Sections: politics (1) business autos (1) jobs (1) career education (1) romance computers phones travel sports fashion health
religion celebs tv-movies music-radio literature webmasters programming techmarket

Links: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)

Nairaland - Copyright © 2005 - 2024 Oluwaseun Osewa. All rights reserved. See How To Advertise. 13
Disclaimer: Every Nairaland member is solely responsible for anything that he/she posts or uploads on Nairaland.