An historic first meeting for gay Nigerian Christians took place last weekend:
Around a thousand delegates were due to attend the gathering at the National Art Council in Abuja including 100 lesbian and 900 gay members of Anglican churches from every part of Nigeria.
The meeting from 25-27 November 2005 constituted the largest gathering of lesbian and gay people ever held in Nigeria and the first gathering of gay Anglicans. Presentations were made by Davis Mac-Iyalla, convenor of the national network, and the Rev Colin Coward, Director of Changing Attitude England.
During prayer time at Holy Communion on Sunday, prayers were offered for gay and lesbian people all over the world, for Dr Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury, and for Bishop Gene Robinson of New Hampshire in the USA – whose election caused a furore across the Anglican world.
A thousand very brave people, huh? I heard about this in amongst all the news coverage here of Gene Robinson's visit to London, and was frankly amazed and filled with admiration and hope that in time...
Posted by: Jean | November 29, 2005 at 06:57 AM