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The Washington National Cathedral has been Criticized for Inviting Max Lucado Because He Opposes Same-Sex Marriage
Christian Headlines reports that Washington National Cathedral received heavy criticism last week for inviting one of the nation’s most popular evangelical pastors.
The Washington National Cathedral, a prominent Episcopal church in the nation’s capital, announced Feb. 3 that author and pastor Max Lucado would be preaching the following Sunday during a virtual service. Lucado is the teaching minister at Oak Hills Church in San Antonio, Texas and the author of books that have sold more than 120 million copies and been translated into 54 languages. It was his traditional, biblical views on sexuality that caused some to oppose his appearance.
The Episcopal News Service ran a story about the controversy, reporting that his “past statements against homosexuality and same-sex marriage” had led to a “growing backlash from some Episcopalians.” Opponents pointed to a 2004 article authored by Lucado.
Episcopal News labeled Lucado’s beliefs “anti-LGBTQ views.”
More than 1,500 signed an online petition calling on the National Cathedral to rescind the invitation, saying he “has inflicted serious harm” on the LGBT community.
Cathedral Dean Randy Hollerith defended the invitation. Despite the controversy, Lucado preached on Sunday.
“When we only engage with those with whom we agree on every issue, we find ourselves in a dangerous (and lonely) place,” Hollerith said. “My hope is that all churches and faith communities will find ways to open their doors to perspectives different from their own.”
Jim Naughton, a former canon for communications with the Diocese of Washington, said the cathedral was wrong to invite Lucado.
“Max Lucado does not have any problem making himself heard. He does not need the cathedral, the pulpit of Washington National Cathedral, to reach his audience,” Naughton told Episcopal News Service. “The issue is whether Washington National Cathedral wants to give its imprimatur to him and wants to extend the prestige of its pulpit. … I find it incredibly disrespectful.” Read more …
Family of Assaulted Pastor Attacked Again by Area Muslims
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Muslim villagers on Sunday (Jan. 24) attacked the wife and children of a pastor in eastern Uganda who is still receiving hospital treatment for a previous assault, sources said.
Nearly four weeks after the assault on pastor Moses Nabwana and his wife, Lovisa Naura, in Nankodo Sub-County, Kibuku District on Dec. 27, three area Muslims broke into their home at about 4:20 a.m. on Sunday, injuring two of their children and the mother of eight who is still recovering from the prior beating, she said.
“I heard loud noises and plates being broken. The children and I woke up,” Naura told Morning Star News. “The attackers had broken the door and entered in. One started strangling me, while another threw one of my daughters outside through the window and broke the skin on her leg.”
Her brother-in-law and his family rushed over, and the Muslims fled, she said.
“The assailants left behind a Somali sword, which I think they possibly had planned to use to rape and then kill me,” she said. Read more …
