The Methodist Church Nigeria (MCN) on Friday passed a vote of no confidence on its British counterpart, over the latter\u2019s approval of same-sex marriage.
The Nigeria variant of the church said this in a statement by its Director, Media and Public Relations, Rev. Oladapo Daramola, in Lagos.
Daramola said that the Church expressed its displeasure over the decision of the British Church in favour of same-sex marriage.
According to him, the position of MCN was made known by its Prelate, His Eminence Chukwumerije Kanu-Uche, in a message he shared with members, on July 2.
Kanu-Uche announced that MCN was cutting formal ties with the British Methodist Church (BMC) due to the latter\u2019s decision to vote in favour of same sex marriage at the just-concluded conference.
\u201cI wish to let you know that I was invited to the British Methodist Conference this year, 2021 but I was duly represented by Rt. Rev. S. R. Nortey.
\u201cHe was part of the Conference and he has given me preliminary information and report.
\u201cI have requested him to publish and circulate the full report on the SSM to the Conference office and all of us,\u201d he said.
He said that what the British Methodist Conference had done was predicted by John Wesley that, \u201ca time will come when the Methodist Church will exist as a dead sect, having the form of religion and denying the power thereof unless they continue with the spiritual fervency with which they first started.\u201d
The prelate reminded the members that the British Methodist Church was no longer the mother Church of MCN.
\u201cShe is only a sister Church. MCN gained autonomy in 1962 and became autocephalous in 1963. So, we can part ways with the British Conference and have nothing to lose.
\u201cI only pity those romancing with them because of pecuniary interest.
\u201cSuggestion to write or visit the British Methodist Conference is an insult on Methodist church.
He, however, said the Church will wait to receive a detailed report from the accredited delegate to the Conference and take an informed decision at Aug. 2021 consultation.
\u201cAs a remedial measure let every Bishop, and Archbishop tell our members that MCN does not support gay or same-sex marriage,\u2019\u2019 Kanu-Uche said.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos reports that the Nigerian House of Representatives had during the 7th assembly, during the dispensation of President Goodluck Jonathan passed a resolution against same-sex marriage, citing its un-African nature.
\u25aa\ufe0e Story by NAN
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