Anyone
going?
http://www.oursafehaven.com/
Safehaven presents: Christian perspectives on Homosexuality and
pastoral care
Safehaven is planning to engage the mainstream church in a
ground-breaking dialogue session on the issue of homosexuality come
10 May 2007, 730pm at the Amara Hotel.
For the first time in history, theological heavy-weights and
experts in counselling and psychology will come together to share
their Christian perspectives on homosexuality and pastoral care. In
the past, the mainstream churches would organise forums to debate
the issue, but they usually turned out to be heavily one-sided
affairs, ending up with homosexuality being cast as deviant,
immoral, or worse. This time, Safehaven is pleased to put together
a fairly moderated dialogue, with equal representation from both
the for and against camps, and facilitated by a professional
news caster.
The esteemed speakers are as follows:
Rev. Dr. Tan Kim Huat, Chen Su Lan Professor of New Testament and
Dean of Studies at Trinity Theological College
Edmund Smith, founder of ex-gay movement Real Life Ministry
Anthony Yeo, Clinical Director of Counselling and Care Centre
Rev. Dr. Yap Kim Hao, PhD (Boston University, Mass, USA), First
Asian Bishop of The Methodist Church in Malaysia and Singapore,
Pastoral Advisor FREE Community Church
And moderated by, Augustine Anthuvan, Assistant Programme Manager,
MediaCorp Radio
The objective of the dialogue would be to offer the larger
Christian community, the opportunity to hear and be exposed to
alternate views on homosexuality, to be informed and engaged, to
overcome the fear of the other. Fundamentally, Safehaven wants to
start the process of conversation, to encourage dialogue rather
than division, to show that whatever differences of interpretation
or opinion (where there is no simple right or wrong answer) we as
Christians can honestly face differences while maintaining pastoral
care and unity as Christians sharing a common tradition.
So whether you are straight or gay, or just curious, dont miss
this opportunity to be a part of a ground-breaking event, and open
your eyes and ears to what the whole hub-bub about homosexuality is
all about.
