Muslim prayer services banned in consecrated churches - bishop of Southwark
Non-Christian acts of worship such as Muslim prayer services are banned in consecrated churches, the Bishop of Southwark said today.
Rt Rev Christopher Chessun made clear there will be no more services like that held in St John's Waterloo in March and he also made clear that the vicar, Canon Giles Goddard, holds an orthodox faith as stated in the Christian creeds.
The Inclusive Mosque Initiative celebrated an "Inclusive Jummah" led by woman imam Dr Amina Wadud at St John's at the invitation of Canon Goddard. There was criticism after a video of the event appeared to indicated that Christian imagery and iconography, including pictures and statues of the saints, the Virgin Mary, Jesus as well as the stations of the cross, had been covered up....