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Church distances itself from Dag Heward-Mills anti-gay comments

The Grace Bible church has explained that it does not share in the views of the Bishop Dag Heward-Mills, insisting they do not “discriminate against gay people”

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The Bishop was invited by the church as a guest preacher for their morning service.

In his sermon he said: “…You don’t find two male dogs, two male cats, or two male lions…even lizards, two male elephants, there is nothing like that in nature, it is unnatural, yes, there is nothing like that.”

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His words, however, sparked controversy in South Africa leading to criticisms from popular South African radio personality Somizi Mhlongo. The Choreographer – who was in attendance at the church when the remarks were made – walked out, insisting he would not sit and be “insulted”.

The Grace Bible church has now explained that it does not share in the views of the Bishop Dag Heward-Mills, insisting they do not “discriminate against gay people”.

"The only thing we want to say as a Church is that we don’t discriminate against gay people and we will never do and have never done that,” spokesperson of the Grace Bible Church Rev. Ezekiel Mathole said in an interview with a South African media organization.

“What was prevalent yesterday was that there was a contrary view that is out there. If you look in the Church it’s an open secret there are people who are pro-gay and there are people who are anti-gay”.

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"We as a Church have stated that we welcome all homosexuals into the church and we don’t discriminate against people.”

The church, however, added that they still had a cordial relationship with the Bishop Dag Heward-Mills – who is the founder of the Lighthouse Chapel International church.

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