Clergy Get Together - St. Paul's Church Bengaluru

A half-day special meeting for clergy and Principals of KCD was organised at St. Paul’s Church on 25th January, 2022, from 10:00 am onwards. The deliberations focused on the legal, biblical and ethical aspects in responding to the “Anti-Conversion Bill” imposed in the state of Karnataka. The Bishop, Rt Rev Dr P K Samuel pressed on few aspects of this law that restrain us from the propagation of gospel. Further, Bishop highlighted the importance of being available to everyone irrespective of the differences, in expressing our solidarity with all those in need and being rooted in Christ (1 Corinthians 9:19-22). Advocate Robin from ADF-India, a faith-based legal organisation, cautioned the gathering about the danger of open-ended and undefined conversion laws which could be misinterpreted to sabotage the Christian mission and ministry. He was emphasising on the Memorandum of Undertaking given by the concerned person with a consent for any and every spiritual activities. Finally, Rev. Dr. Allan Palana, Professor from the department of Theology and Ethics, UTC, reminded the gathering about the Catholic Church Canon law that discourages any sort of inducement while propagating gospel. He also highlighted the mission of the CSI (Chapter lll of CSI constitution) which gives importance to the pluralistic context of India and denounces aggressive evangelism in hurting the faith sentiments of other faiths. The programme conntinued with interactive discussions.

Rev. Christy Gnanadasan
Convener, Ministerial Committee

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