Thu 05 May 2016
By Antony Bushfield ,Premier
Steve Chalke, the founder of the Oasis movement, has told Premier his
church is in the process of registering to perform gay marriages.
He revealed the news whilst launching a charter for churches to sign up
to which promises they'll be inclusive of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and
Transgender people.
Oasis Church in Waterloo, London, had applied to authorities for a
marriage licence that would allow it to perform gay weddings, he told Premier.
He said exclusion by the Church has had a deeply damaging effect on LGBT
people, both directly and indirectly.
His 'Open Church Charter', which he claims the overwhelming majority of
churches can agree to, includes a commitment to provide gay marriages
"within the scope of current British law".
