Welby Responds to Ndukuba
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, has issued a statement in response to last week’s letter by the Archbishop of Nigeria, Henry Ndukuba, in which
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, has issued a statement in response to last week’s letter by the Archbishop of Nigeria, Henry Ndukuba, in which
“Names transform; the Name-Giver does this
Transcended are circumstance, experience
Soul-name is reborn; renamed by God”
The churches have, slowly in the case of mine, woken up to the fact that everyone is gifted, though we’re still not good at living out that belief. Too much tradition has built up around believing that certain groups of people were the only ones to listen to (bishops, sometimes). But that is not the root of the Christian tradition. It is fundamental to my faith that all people are equally loved by God, and that all those who are disciples of Christ are equally his brothers and sisters.