The head of Uganda’s Anglican Church has sounded a warning against those promoting homosexuality, urging parents to be on guard as children are being lured into the practice with money.
“I also want to alert all students, parents, and teachers that there are bad people trying to attract children into homosexuality by promising them money and sponsorship. Children — please report such people to your Head Teacher and to your parents,” Archbishop Stephen Kaziimba said.
He was delivering his Christmas at a press conference in the Uganda capital, Kampala.
He added, “I urge the government to set up a simple system whereby children can report these people to the relevant authorities who can investigate and take appropriate action…to those who are recruiting children into homosexuality, I want to sound a very strong warning to you. These are not my words, but the words of Jesus: “If anyone causes one of these little ones. ..to stumble, it would be better for them to have a large millstone hung around their neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea. (Matthew 18:6).”
Archbishop Kaziimba also said the Church of Uganda will oppose the decision by the Church of England that seeks to allow priests to bless gay marriages.
There are rumors that the Church of England will soon vote to provide some form of blessings for homosexual relationships. We are grateful for the Church of England who gave us the Gospel of Jesus Christ. But, we will never follow you in supporting homosexuaIity,” a tough speaking Kaziimba said before adding, “You may be the “Mother Church,” but let’s be clear that such a decision will mean you have abandoned the very faith of Anglicanism you so generously shared around the world. You may still be the Church of England, but you will no longer be Anglican, because Anglicans uphold the Bible. This is why the Church Of Uganda is so passionate about the Gafcon fellowship of Global Anglicans and why we support the 4th Gafcon Conference in Kigali in April 2023.”
The question of whether to allow priests to marry gay couples is the most divisive issue in the Church of England. It will come to a head in February, when bishops have pledged to share their views with the General Synod.
To reaffirm his position, Kaziimba said, “I want to make it very clear that the Church of Uganda will always uphold the Bible’s teaching that marriage is between one man and one woman, and that is the God-ordained context for sexual relationships. We don’t support fornication; we don ‘t support adultery; and, we don’t support homosexuality,”
