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Church Of England Wants To Stop Referring To God As ‘he’, ‘him’ And ‘our Father' by FarmTech(m): 1:24pm On Feb 10, 2023

According to Sky News, the quest to stop referring to God as "He", "Him" and "Our Father" is now being explored by two commissions in a new joint project.

The news outlet reports that the move follows a question asked by Rev Joanna Stobart, vicar of Ilminster and Whitelackington in Somerset at the synod.

The man of God wants a “more inclusive language” by which God is referred to in Church of England services to portray the creator in a “non-gendered way”.

A spokesman for the Church of England told Sky News that there has been a greater interest in exploring new language in the last 20 years.

He however added that there were no plans to “abolish or substantially revise currently authorised liturgies”.

“Christians have recognised since ancient times that God is neither male nor female, yet the variety of ways of addressing and describing God found in scripture has not always been reflected in our worship.

“As part of its regular programme of work for the next five years, the Liturgical Commission has asked the faith and order commission to work with it on looking at these questions.

“No such changes could be made without extensive legislation,” the spokesman said, as quoted by sky news.

One of the people who would love to see God referred to in a gender-neutral terms is Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby who said as far back as 2008 that “God is not male or female. God is not definable”.

Rev Dr Michael Ipgrave, Bishop of Lichfield and vice chair of the Liturgical Commission, which prepares forms of service, said the project will begin this spring.

The Liturgical Commission and another Church of England body, the Faith and Order Commission which advises on theology will be working together on the project for the next five years, reports say.

The project has already sparked reactions with many people saying it is unnecessary.

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Re: Church Of England Wants To Stop Referring To God As ‘he’, ‘him’ And ‘our Father' by FarmTech(m): 1:25pm On Feb 10, 2023
Their madness is now beyond repair. I will not be suprise if Africa follows their pattern. Satan will always place his men/women in top positions in churches before he takes over. To every Christian know this: Christ is the author and finisher of our faith. Put your trust on Christ alone, not your pastor. Hebrews 12:2.

Also read: The Gay Agenda Blueprint: A Plan To Transform America

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Re: Church Of England Wants To Stop Referring To God As ‘he’, ‘him’ And ‘our Father' by Goodson15: 1:43pm On Feb 10, 2023
GOD will deal with this country if they are not careful

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Re: Church Of England Wants To Stop Referring To God As ‘he’, ‘him’ And ‘our Father' by Robinmido(m): 2:10pm On Feb 10, 2023
If God does not punish this generation, he will need to apologies to Sodom and Gomorrah

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Re: Church Of England Wants To Stop Referring To God As ‘he’, ‘him’ And ‘our Father' by Eviana(f): 2:16pm On Feb 10, 2023
This morning, when I was praying to God my Father--, I was crying out to Him. I know He--my Heavenly Father--heard my cry cause He directed me towards some powerful scriptural passages...
He loves us with all of His heart.
All He is trying to do is woo us to Him...
Followers/believers need to deeply realize this and surrender to Him.
HE--the Father--the Creator-- never changes...HIS Word.

Culture--no matter where it is-- should never supercede His Word
.
Spiritual things are spiritually discerned...fellow believers smiley

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Re: Church Of England Wants To Stop Referring To God As ‘he’, ‘him’ And ‘our Father' by Aaronsrod: 2:17pm On Feb 10, 2023
Abomination!

They are trying to make the Nazarene gay!

Next thing you know this Satanists will tell us Our Lord is an African man!

By then it will be too late. I will have divorced my wife and married another man.

Mtcheeew!

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Re: Church Of England Wants To Stop Referring To God As ‘he’, ‘him’ And ‘our Father' by Image123(m): 3:04pm On Feb 10, 2023
The foolishness of homosexuality the animal nature.

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Re: Church Of England Wants To Stop Referring To God As ‘he’, ‘him’ And ‘our Father' by MyVILLAGEpeople(m): 3:06pm On Feb 10, 2023
What exactly is these people problem ??

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Re: Church Of England Wants To Stop Referring To God As ‘he’, ‘him’ And ‘our Father' by Righteousness2(m): 3:11pm On Feb 10, 2023
Romans 1:21-23, 28, 32
Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.

Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools

And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.

And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;

Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.


As it was in days of Noah and Lot, so it is right now.
I weep for our Generation....
I weep for the ungodly and reprobates of this generation.
I weep for Humanity!

If we only we understood the times and Seasons that we are in..
If only we understood the Destruction, calamity and Disaster that is about to sweep this our generation .

My admonishment to those who want to Hear is to COME OUT From among them and be separate.
Make your ways right with JESUS CHRIST.

Do not Directly or indirectly support or advance this Wickedness and abominations sweeping through the earth.

Live ready! Live in tge conciousness of your Eternity.

The Coming of JESUS Christ is Imminent! WATCH and PRAY so that you will be counted Worthy to Escape what is coming on this Earth
.

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Re: Church Of England Wants To Stop Referring To God As ‘he’, ‘him’ And ‘our Father' by Nobody: 3:16pm On Feb 10, 2023
His name is I AM THAT I AM.

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Re: Church Of England Wants To Stop Referring To God As ‘he’, ‘him’ And ‘our Father' by Almiron: 3:46pm On Feb 10, 2023
New madness unlocked.
Nah dem kuku create God in the first place, I mean their ancestors, now these woke generations are confused about his gender.

This is why i no dey take religion serious. Cos if I was a Chinese, I'd never meet Jesus or the Arab man(S.A W) no disrespect.

Religion is a fallacy, it's a sham.

Period.

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Re: Church Of England Wants To Stop Referring To God As ‘he’, ‘him’ And ‘our Father' by MITCHELL96: 3:46pm On Feb 10, 2023
The elites are really trying hard to silence and mock christianity. A lot of people don't even seem to notice all these stuffs that they show us in plain sight.

Just like that Sam Smith Grammy awards performance, till today some people don't seem to see it as dem.o.nic and will still attend, stream or worship him.

And for the people that still don't believe Jesus is real and is coming back. Ask yourself, if Jesus is not real why do the elites go extra miles to mock him? Music, movies, interviews.. name them, they all mock God and christians.

I think y'all need to use your TikTok very effectively instead of using it to watch irrelevant Nigerian girls videos, TikTok seems to be the only app that doesn't really take down all those videos exposing every one of the elites unlike YouTube, Facebook and co.

We all have to open our eyes and call a spade a spade, these are truly the end times.

The matrix looses it's power when you:

1. Think critically.

2. Avoid the news (they own must of the famous media) so they feed you with what they want you to know and hide the actual truth from you.

(Type "blackrock and vanguard conspiracy theories"wink on TikTok you'll see what I'm telling you.

And As you see the videos, keep following the pages that post them so TikTok algorithm will start suggesting pages on your (FYP) that post about videos that exposes the elites in every industry.

3. Follow your intuition.

4. Speak your truth.

5. Give energy consciously.

6. See beyond the division.

7. Go inward.

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Re: Church Of England Wants To Stop Referring To God As ‘he’, ‘him’ And ‘our Father' by OkCornel(m): 3:46pm On Feb 10, 2023
Oh well…
Re: Church Of England Wants To Stop Referring To God As ‘he’, ‘him’ And ‘our Father' by remsonik(f): 3:46pm On Feb 10, 2023
So what would they call him.
He's the I am that I am
A great king
He's our father
The creator of the world
He's God the father, son and holy spirit. He's in Trinity.
How then should we address him? He's the head, if he had not been then the world or no one could exist.

The end times are near and I pray the devil will not be able to destroy our faith and turn our backs against him making us to miss heaven after all our services and walks with God.

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Re: Church Of England Wants To Stop Referring To God As ‘he’, ‘him’ And ‘our Father' by AntiChristian: 3:47pm On Feb 10, 2023
Shim!

After them create Queen James Bible to encourage Homo!

grin

Genesis 19:15
“And they called out unto Lot, and said unto him, ‘Where are the men which came in to thee this night? Bring them out unto us, that we may rape and humiliate them’” (QJV).

Leviticus 18:22:
“Thou shalt not lie with mankind as with womankind in the temple of Molech; it is an abomination” (QJV).

Romans 1:26–27:
“Their women did change their natural use into that which is against nature: And likewise also the men, left of the natural use of the woman, burned in ritual lust, one toward another; Men with men working that which is pagan and unseemly. For this cause God gave the idolators up unto vile affections, receiving in themselves that recompense of their error which was meet” (QJV, emphasis added).

1 Corinthians 6:9:
“Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolators, nor adulterers, nor morally weak, nor promiscuous” (QJV, emphasis added).

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Re: Church Of England Wants To Stop Referring To God As ‘he’, ‘him’ And ‘our Father' by stano2(m): 3:47pm On Feb 10, 2023
Una mumu too much

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Re: Church Of England Wants To Stop Referring To God As ‘he’, ‘him’ And ‘our Father' by oneolajire(m): 3:47pm On Feb 10, 2023
Na them know
Re: Church Of England Wants To Stop Referring To God As ‘he’, ‘him’ And ‘our Father' by bigdammyj: 3:47pm On Feb 10, 2023
Noted.
Re: Church Of England Wants To Stop Referring To God As ‘he’, ‘him’ And ‘our Father' by siofra(f): 3:48pm On Feb 10, 2023
They are right though.

I've always thought it's misogynistic to refer to God as HE.

God should be THEY. God doesn't have a gender.

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Re: Church Of England Wants To Stop Referring To God As ‘he’, ‘him’ And ‘our Father' by stagger: 3:48pm On Feb 10, 2023
Oh Lord. I am speechless.

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Re: Church Of England Wants To Stop Referring To God As ‘he’, ‘him’ And ‘our Father' by Simeony007(m): 3:48pm On Feb 10, 2023
The church is been side lined gradually. Recently we read a news that they signed same sex marriage in churches not today this news.

This are the real signs of end time

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Re: Church Of England Wants To Stop Referring To God As ‘he’, ‘him’ And ‘our Father' by BrickDevo: 3:48pm On Feb 10, 2023
It is finished
Re: Church Of England Wants To Stop Referring To God As ‘he’, ‘him’ And ‘our Father' by blingxx(m): 3:48pm On Feb 10, 2023
MyVILLAGEpeople:
What exactly is these people problem ??

You mean the same people that gave you religion ? grin lol .. dey play

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Re: Church Of England Wants To Stop Referring To God As ‘he’, ‘him’ And ‘our Father' by Konjiboii: 3:48pm On Feb 10, 2023
The puppet masters has spoken

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Re: Church Of England Wants To Stop Referring To God As ‘he’, ‘him’ And ‘our Father' by Inhuman69: 3:48pm On Feb 10, 2023
The God that never changes done dey change
Religious people dey craze I swear
I just hope Africans wake up from this madness

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Re: Church Of England Wants To Stop Referring To God As ‘he’, ‘him’ And ‘our Father' by MrMcJay(m): 3:48pm On Feb 10, 2023
These ones have gone mad

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Re: Church Of England Wants To Stop Referring To God As ‘he’, ‘him’ And ‘our Father' by SouthSouth1914: 3:48pm On Feb 10, 2023
The time is here already.. Where is righteousness??

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Re: Church Of England Wants To Stop Referring To God As ‘he’, ‘him’ And ‘our Father' by waterpouroverfl: 3:48pm On Feb 10, 2023
Well the devil Lucifer is waiting to present and reveal himself to the
That same they are calling out


They can't wait to meet with Lucifer the beast


People who speaks of the Bible as white man book should also know that the Bible also prophecy that the same white man will introduce different sins and as such invoke the wrath of God still written in that Same Bible

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Re: Church Of England Wants To Stop Referring To God As ‘he’, ‘him’ And ‘our Father' by Bultwo: 3:48pm On Feb 10, 2023
Imagine, these are the so called people that brought the religion to us.

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