Tearfund and Archbishop Tutu
Posted on September 8, 2008
Filed under Opinion
“Some of us may be wondering what exactly is happening here. According to Tearfund’s site, AB Desmond Tutu (with Tearfund Director, Matthew Frost, left) gave a stirring speech which encouraged radical Christian commitment and care for the poor, the suffering, the dispossessed, those close to God’s heart. Sounds impressive, doesn’t it?
That is not all the good bishop said, however. According to BBC’s account, Desmond Tutu reiterated what has become one of his classic lectures on the evils of homophobia in the church and how issues of human sexuality are not that important in the Big Picture…”
– Dr Lisa Severine Nolland writes at Anglican Mainstream.
See the BBC’s report: Church obsessed with gays – Tutu. (Photo: Tearfund.)
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