Archbishop of Canterbury's Statement on the Church of Uganda
09/06/2023

The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Revd Justin Welby, said today:

“I have recently written to my brother in Christ, the Primate of Uganda, Archbishop Stephen Kaziimba, to express my grief and dismay at the Church of Uganda’s support for the Anti-Homosexuality Act. I make this public statement with sorrow, and with continuing prayers for reconciliation between our churches and across the Anglican Communion. I am deeply aware of the history of colonial rule in Uganda, so heroically resisted by its people. But this is not about imposing Western values on our Ugandan Anglican sisters and brothers. It is about reminding them of the commitments we have made as Anglicans to treat every person with the care and respect they deserve as children of God.

“Within the Anglican Communion we continue to disagree over matters of sexuality, but in our commitment to God-given human dignity we must be united. I have reminded Archbishop Kaziimba that Anglicans around the world have long been united in our opposition to the criminalisation of homosexuality and LGBTQ people. Supporting such legislation is a fundamental departure from our commitment to uphold the freedom and dignity of all people. There is no justification for any province of the Anglican Communion to support such laws: not in our resolutions, not in our teachings, and not in the Gospel we share.

“The Church of Uganda, like many Anglican provinces, holds to the traditional Christian teaching on sexuality and marriage set out in Resolution i.10 of the 1998 Lambeth Conference. That resolution also expressed a commitment to minister pastorally and sensitively to all – regardless of sexual orientation – and to condemn homophobia. I have said to Archbishop Kaziimba that I am unable to see how the Church of Uganda’s support for the Anti-Homosexuality Act is consistent with its many statements in support of Resolution i.10.

“More recently, at the 2016 Primates Meeting in Canterbury, the Primates of the Anglican Communion "condemned homophobic prejudice and violence and resolved to work together to offer pastoral care and loving service irrespective of sexual orientation." We affirmed that this conviction arises out of our discipleship of Jesus Christ. We also “reaffirmed our rejection of criminal sanctions against same-sex attracted people” – and stated that “God's love for every human being is the same, regardless of their sexuality, and that the church should never by its actions give any other impression.”

“These statements and commitments are the common mind of the Anglican Communion on the essential dignity and value of every person. I therefore urge Archbishop Kaziimba and the Church of Uganda – a country and church I love dearly, and to which I owe so much – to reconsider their support for this legislation and reject the criminalisation of LGBTQ people. I also call on my brothers in Christ, the leadership of GAFCON and the Global South Fellowship of Anglican Churches (GSFA), to make explicitly and publicly clear that the criminalisation of LGBTQ people is something that no Anglican province can support: that must be stated unequivocally.

“As disciples of Jesus Christ we are called to honour the image of God in every person, and I pray for Anglicans to be uncompromising and united in this calling.”

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Must we all be gays?

Way to go!

Anglican’s need to disassociate from anti-gay movement.

The Catholics have made it clear that love is all the world needs.

No one is in position to detest or prosecute people on the basis of sexual orientation.

Interesting

Your sex life,your choice. Ugandan people were living their simple life until you forced your ways into their lives and criminalised homosexuality in 1902.

Imperialist will never stop creating set of rules

Bishop Chukwuma should have slapped off the demons away from Rev Richard Kirker at the Lambeth Conference in 1998.

The reason they didn't like George Carey. Well, the African Church remains a problem for them, but we will continue to get stronger.

Nonsense. I wonder which version of the Bible he's reading

Whaaaaat

SangoOlukosoOba:
Way to go!

Anglican’s need to disassociate from anti-gay movement.

The Catholics have made it clear that love is all the world needs.

No one is in position to detest or prosecute people on the basis of sexual orientation.

The Catholic is not in support of homosexuality.

What

These people are so pathetic. Like for real? Expressing dismay about the church support of anti gay laws? What hypocrisy.

Is it not the same Bible we read in Leviticus 18:22, Leviticus 20:13, Roman 1: 26-27, 1 Cor 6:9-10, Jude 1:7 which clearly is against gay relationships.

This generation is cursed.

Eriokanmi:
Nonsense. I wonder which version of the Bible he's reading

He is gay

I left the church a long time ago. Secular world is even way better.

SangoOlukosoOba:
Way to go!

Anglican’s need to disassociate from anti-gay movement.

The Catholics have made it clear that love is all the world needs.

No one is in position to detest or prosecute people on the basis of sexual orientation.

Love is not all the world needs. The world needs sanity and balance too.

America is pushing these strange laws should fix their house first. Mental issues are everywhere there. Mass shootings. Craze. Transgenderism.

And this archbishop is clearly antichrst. The Bible opposes homosexuality.

These people should leave Church out of this gay matter. You can be your gay in peace.
The teachings of Christianity I know, are against gay.

He's probably high on something.

He would tell us if he is the president of Uganda or he will grant them pardon when their ass is rotten in prison, westerners always trying to shove their madness down our throat

Nonsense statement.

Egbe egbe....

In essence, the Anglican church supports gays and lesbians.

Okay o... Signs of end time.

1 Corinthians 6:9-11

9 Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality, 10 nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. 11 And such were some of you. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.


A. Leviticus 18:22
“You shall not lie with a male as with a woman; it is an abomination.”


By the way Anglican stole that church from catholic.


A fake bishop that can't obey the rules of the Bible.

SangoOlukosoOba:
Way to go!

Anglican’s need to disassociate from anti-gay movement.

The Catholics have made it clear that love is all the world needs.

No one is in position to detest or prosecute people on the basis of sexual orientation.

I'm not sure you read the content before commenting.

The Anglican Church is urging the people of Uganda 🇺🇬 to support Gay

this world dey confuse me

Lol

SangoOlukosoOba:
Way to go!

Anglican’s need to disassociate from anti-gay movement.

The Catholics have made it clear that love is all the world needs.

No one is in position to detest or prosecute people on the basis of sexual orientation.

which Catholic support gay?..

This yeye Pastors no dey learn from their mistakes ooo Na so one dey talk rubbish wey lightning strikes him church burn am to ashes.

A bishop that ought to obey Bible is fighting the word of God

No homosexuality in the body of Christ.

A. Leviticus 18:22
“You shall not lie with a male as with a woman; it is an abomination.”

He is a fake bishop.

HonNL:


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did anyone notice the pro-gay reverend never quoted any scripture in his support for gays? No, he did not.

If Catholic Church and Anglican Church had not supported this satanic idea, there will never be anyone who have the gut to come out and talk about LGBT.but simply because they have no access to women, they started bleeping themselves, now in the name of religion they want to force it down our throat.
But they will not succed.

resist the laws so that what should happen?

The solution to gayism in Nigeria rest with the ritualist. If they can come up with a theory of how gay can be used for rituals, I mean effective one..I tell you within a year there number will reduce. They are the one slowing things down.

How gay skull fetch more money than ordinary innocent head. Wow you see Ogun indigene spring into action. Soon it will spread to imo state and Benin. In few years we won't find gays again. It's possible !!!

Nawa... I still can't fathom the kind engine wey dey inside gays head as brain .. lol how man yansh go interest another man when better soft bubbly bouncy woman yansh dey😎