Hey Nelson...At least when I get out and convert to Sydney Anglicanism...I can go from being a con...to an ex-con...but I really think my family would like me to be referred to as a person.
Say Ennis...sounds like it's just as tough for ex-prisioners as it is for gays in the Sydney Anglican diocese....I mean listen to this...
Other organisations working with offenders both inside of prison and outside, hold to the practice that those working with them do not need to know the crime. They expect their workers and volunteers to exhibit an unconditional acceptance of a person, just as Christ himself accepts us. This is a very powerful aspect of working with people who for most of their lives have experienced abuse and very little acceptance.
But welcoming a person into the fellowship of the people of God involves more than acceptance...
While excommunicating the believer who does not repent seems harsh it is what the Scriptures tell us to do and has also been Anglican practise from the beginning. In 1 Corinthians 5 the Bible tells us to remove the immoral, arrogant person. This is not done with any sense that we are better than him. The whole purpose of excluding the unrepentant brother or sister from fellowship is so that they will realise that sin is a serious matter. The hope is, having been delivered over to Satan (v.5), they will repent and be restored to fellowship.
Well Sisters...its not hard to work out how Sydney Anglicans purged the gays and feminists ...from their church in the 80s...I heard that we were called "homos" ....and the "feminists" were called lesos...
the young turks ...believed it was their right and duty to have these heretics... kneel before them in repentence...whilst they prayed over them with a Bible in their hand
the young turks ...believed it was their right and duty to have these heretics... kneel before them in repentence...whilst they prayed over them with a Bible in their hand
Who the hell do these Sydney Anglicans think they are... judging people's level of commitment to God ... because they have served time in prision... when Vanda Gould...their Moore College trained treasurer (who held the position for 25 years!!!)... is being investigated for setting up off shore accounts that have been linked with tax evasion, insider trading and fraud! This guy has donated over $2 million to Sydney Anglicans !
Sounds like Sydney Anglicans shouldn't appear on Q & A either. There are all sorts of unrepentant criminals there!
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