Helen Jacobi The new Vicar of Auckland's St Matthew-in-the-City is calling on the General Synod of the Anglican Church to move forward on the blessing and ordination of people in same-sex relationships. The General Synod meets from tomorrow, and on Monday it will discuss wide-ranging options on the issue. Rev Dr Helen Jacobi will give a sermon on Sunday saying the Synod “have a clear choice in front of them – they can and try and keep the church locked in the 1950s or the 1850s, thinking they can stop the movement for justice and inclusion of our lesbian and gay sisters and brothers which our hearts yearn to see. Or they can come out from behind their fears and prejudices and welcome all equally behind the altar, in the pulpit, and at the altar to be married. “We here at St Matthew’s have long had the doors open wide and we are richer for it,” she will say. “We call today on our leaders to step up, to be without fear and to allow the voice of the Shepherd to call them forward. The time of waiting is over, we will wait no longer.” Members of St Matthew’s along with other churches and clergy will be travelling to Waitangi where the General Synod is being held to show their support for the Synod moving forward.
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First published: Friday, 9th May 2014 - 12:47pm