What's the Church of England Apologizing for Now? Converting Africans to faith in Jesus is wrong and they should stick to their traditional religions

PJ Media ^ | 03/19/24 | Chris Queen

[SeekAndFind]

It has only been a few weeks since I wrote about the attitude of leftists in the leadership of the Catholic Church toward African dioceses that refuse to accept the blessing of same-sex relationships. Pope Francis condescendingly believes that African church leaders will eventually bend their knees to the Pride Cult.

If you think the pope is turning his back on faithful African believers, you ain’t seen nothing yet. A recommendation from a Church of England committee is ready to make the Catholic Church look like a bunch of amateurs. Forget expecting African Christians to accommodate homosexuality — how about condemning Africans to hell instead?

“A report by something called the Oversight Group has declared that the Church should say sorry publicly, not just for profiting from the evils of slavery (through investment in the South Sea Company) but for ‘seeking to destroy diverse African traditional religious belief systems,’” writes William Moore at the Spectator. “And having apologised, it recommends the Church ‘reach beyond theological institutions’ and ‘enable all Africans to discover the varied belief systems and spiritual practices of their forbears and their efficacy.’”

In other words, the Oversight Group wants to say that converting thousands of Africans to faith in Jesus is wrong and that Africans should stick to their traditional religions. This committee of a major Christian denomination wants to apologize for sharing the gospel.

Related: The New Colonizers

Moore believes that the Oversight Group’s ideas dishonor those brave missionaries who gave their lives to spread Christianity in Africa, many of whom were active in helping end the slave trade. And what about generations of African Christian martyrs?

“Should the Church of England apologise using the wording of the report, it would be an insult to the memory of missionaries and converts,” he writes.

[SeekAndFind]

So, What would such an apology say about the Ugandan Martyrs, 22 Catholic and 23 Anglican converts, who in the 1880s were executed by King Mwanga II? That they need not have bothered abandoning their old beliefs? That they should’ve thought harder about ‘efficacy?

Today’s African Christians may also be surprised to discover that their faith is optional – especially given that of the Christians in the world who are killed for their beliefs, 90 percent are from Africa.

[MeanWestTexan]

I think they are mad because the Anglican Church in Africa is extremely conservative and is basically usurping Englands role as leader, coupled with the Anglicans in the USA and South America who are also very conservative.

[DEPcom]

Christianity established roots in various parts of Africa long before it became the dominant religion in many parts of Europe. Christianity is not an European White Man religion.

[xkaydet65]

For some time I have felt the future of the Catholic Church lies in Africa and India.

[Salman]

The C of E evangelized Africa, and many came to Christ.

The current year C of E does not approve of such doings. It was contrary to Sodomy.

[alternatives?]

They need to drop “Church” out of their name.

[MeanWestTexan]

The more tentative life is, the more people turn to G-d.

Hence the Christian (and Jewish, for that matter) teaching that the “humble shall be exalted” et al.

[Montana_Sam]

Sick. Real sick. And the Catholic Church, of which I’m a member, is one of the worst offenders in the effort to unthrone Our Lord, Jesus, as our one and only Savior.

[mo]

this is “the problem”

https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2013-mar-08-la-fg-catholics-africa-uganda-20130309-story.html

“Across Africa, the church reinforces the staunchly conservative values of a population that often attends services several times a week, for hours on end. Catholic leaders also provide homes and food for poor and disadvantaged people whom the state doesn’t help, including orphans, abandoned children, the homeless and the disable”

https://www.quora.com/What-do-conservative-African-Anglicans-think-of-the-Roman-Catholic-Church

“Africa was evangelized mostly by Low Churchmen in the 18th and 19th centuries, so the African churches in the Anglican Communion tend to be Low Church/evangelical as well. Most are also very conservative.”

Africa is turning out to be a significcant impediment to the LGBTQXYZ magical thinking crowd