The Church of England is seeking £1 billion in reparations to atone for its historical links to slavery, a move critics have called “anti-Christian” and a “death wish”. It is called.
New C of E report The government says the previous £100m reparations fund is not enough to “fully redress” the impact of centuries of slavery, and is seeking £1bn in compensation instead. .
“The amount of £100 million is miniscule compared to the scale of the racial disadvantage caused by chattel enslavement in Africa,” said the independent monitoring group responsible for the report.
The report declares that “£100 million is not enough to counter historic and persistent greed, cynicism and hatred with repentance, hope and love.”
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“That’s why church commissioners have set a target of £1 billion for wider healing, restoration and justice work around the fund,” it added.
The bulging fund is aimed at addressing the “lasting harms of enslavement,” the report said.
The money will be invested in “underprivileged members of the Black community” to support “the brightest social entrepreneurs, educators, health care providers, wealth managers, and historians.”
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Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby was praised It argued that the move was “the beginning of a multigenerational response to the terrible evil of transatlantic chattel slavery.”
But some, like the Reverend Ian Paul of the Anglican Council of Archbishops, claimed He argued that such plans were “anti-Christian” and akin to “a death wish for the Church of England”.
The report “appears to be based on an inherently racist interpretation of history, that all white people are the bad guys and oppressors, and black people are only victims,” Paul said. “This is insulting to both black and white people.”
“That’s anti-Christian,” he continued. “Incredibly, the church is asking us to repent for preaching the gospel.”
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Paul said African Christians, including Africa’s vast number of Anglicans, “will be very angry when they read this,” adding that the report’s authors “seem to be completely ignorant of the church’s own beliefs.” ” he added.
“That would jeopardize local services and missions,” he said. “Why do ordinary churchgoers continue to donate to their local church when we seem to be able to waste so much money?”
Prudence Daly, a member of the General Synod, echoed Paul’s opposition to reparations, lamenting that “the Church of England is effectively apologizing for converting people to Christianity”.
