My name is Robert Oscar Lopez. I am a professor at the Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and I bring a message:
Keep the Church of England safe.
The resolution GS 2070A, put forward by Jayne Ozanne of Oxford, would bring disaster upon millions in the Anglican Union. It asks the church to endorse a disputable statement from January 2017 by secular medical guilds. I would like to point out obvious deficiencies:
1. The Church of England is a religious body devoted to the gospel of Jesus Christ. John 8:31 reads: “If you continue in My word, you really are My disciples. You will know the truth and the truth will set you free … for all who sin are slaves to their sin.” In Luke 16:17 Jesus says, “if is easier for heaven & earth to pass away than for one stroke of a letter of the law to drop out.”
The UK Council for Psychotherapy offers a skeletal mission statement that makes no reference to God, Jesus Christ, the divine realm, personal morality, spirituality, or holiness. The mission reads:
We will:
· engage with the public to raise awareness of high quality psychotherapies, advocate their use and influence policy to improve access to services
· promote excellence by setting standards in ethics and training
· protect the public through robust regulation
· speak out against injustice, and
· represent the profession nationally and internationally.
The UKCP might think that “high-quality” therapists should teach HIV+ people that they shouldn’t damage their self-esteem by telling partners they’re infected, or they might fight to improve access to post-abortion counseling.