The Essex-born church leader’s remarks on Jesus and the BLM movement echo comments from the Church of England’s most prominent cleric, Justin Welby, in recent months.Įarlier this year, the Archbishop of Canterbury decried the church as “deeply institutionally racist”, professing: “I am almost beyond words. ‘Black Jesus’ Last Supper Painting to Adorn the Altar of St Albans Cathedral But at the same time I’m thinking of LGBTQ+ Christians and their experience I don’t want them to be disenfranchised or excluded, so we’re going to have to find a way of living together with disagreement,” said the second-most powerful cleric in the Church of England. “There are people with strongly held traditional views that I understand and respect, and I want them to be part of the church. “Jesus was a black man, and he was born into a persecuted group in an occupied country,” the new archbishop said.ĭuring the interview, he praised “the inclusion of women in leadership” within the church but confessed to being “very frustrated often at the pace of change”.Ĭottrell went on to affirm his support for “LGBTQ+ Christians”, stating that pastoral guidance maintaining church teaching that heterosexual marriage ‘remains the proper context for sexual activity’ should have “been worded more carefully”. 'I Have White Advantage, Male Advantage, Straight Advantage' – Woke Archbishop Brands Own Church 'Institutionally Racist' “The leadership of the Church of England is still too white, and I hope under my watch we’ll see further changes on that,” he said, asserting that the church has work to do “addressing the deep systemic issues of exclusion and prejudice”.Ĭottrell, who The Times describes as “a liberal moderniser”, told the newspaper he wanted to celebrate BLM and was certain that Jesus Christ would have joined in with their protests, many of which have erupted into violence in cities across the West.
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Speaking to The Sunday Times, Stephen Cottrell praised the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement, and said his inauguration this week as a white man replacing outgoing Archbishop John Sentamu - who is black - is “awkward” for the church.