Campaign to stop South African anti-gay preacher’s Scotland trip
Angus Buchan
As South Africans try to block an American gay hate pastor from coming to the country, it seems we are also exporting our own anti-gay religious rhetoric.
International activists have mounted a campaign urging a Scottish church to reject KwaZulu-Natal Christian preacher Angus Buchan, who is embarking on a UK tour.
Buchan, a Zimbabwe-born farmer and evangelist of Scottish descent who now lives in Greytown, is known for his conservative views on gender roles and his condemnation of homosexuality.
He believes that homosexuality can be “cured” through prayer and that same-sex marriage is sinful.
“I cannot ever agree that homosexuality is right, I cannot bless it. I love them though, but they need help. We have prayed for them and God has changed their hearts,” he said in 2008.
Buchan, who attracts thousands of men to his so-called Mighty Men Conferences, also preaches that men should rule the home and teach their wives to know their place.
He has been invited by the evangelical Hope Church in Tweedbank to speak on 22 August at the Galashiels in Scotland as one of his tour engagements in the UK from 21 to 28 August.
British LGBT rights activist, Peter Tatchell, told KaleidoScot: “I am very disappointed that Hope Church invited a preacher who expressed misogynistic and homophobic views.
“His belief that gay people need help and can be ‘cured’ is false and harmful, as are his views about ‘traditional’ gender-roles.”
Activist, Ward Councillor and Pastor Shaine Griqua, Executive Director at Legbo Northern Cape, commented that: “People like Buchan are the reason why some churches fail to have an open dialogue on LGBTI and other important social issues. His understanding of Christianity is selective and ill-informed, crude and benighted. His unacceptable views are very damaging.”
California-based South African-born activist Melanie Nathan, Executive Director of The African Human Rights Coalition, called for Buchan to be banned from entering the UK.
“Buchan is a great danger to those he targets with his abusive rhetoric. It serves to hurt many while lining his pockets,” she told KaleidoScot. “There ought to be a way to stop the spread of the harm he continues to cause through his travels and to this end he should be denied entry to the UK.
Speaking to Herald Scotland, Hope Church Senior Pastor Mike McLeister claimed that “we as a church steer well clear of homophobic organisations and events”.
He went on to say, however, that An Evening with Angus Buchan would go ahead: “We are very excited about Angus’s visit.”
In South Africa, activists have launched a similar campaign in a bid to stop American Pastor Steven Anderson from visiting the country on 18 September to “win souls” for his hateful cause.
Anderson preaches that gay people should be executed and praised the Orlando massacre as “good news” because “there’s 50 less paedophiles in this world”.
More than 54,000 people have signed two petitions calling for Home Affairs to block his visit. You can sign them here and here.
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Angus should be left at the airport and kicked off the bus. Let people of the U.K. mobilise to het him locket out of their borders. He is a danger to community building and hides behind Christian evangelism. He should be locked up for hate speech and also be kept behind bars as he is a shame for reconciliation and the south African constitution. We can’t allow such men to mock hard fought democracy.
the bible is very clear about homosexuality, what bible do you read?
Rot in hell…
people like you wrote, translated, and changed the text.
If adam and eve were the first humans,did their kids have intercourse to populate the world and would that be considered incest which is surely a sin.
I cannot believe it, when a preacher don’t agree with homosexual filth they should not travel. My good Lord don’t we as preacher have the right to say we don’t agree? Because we don’t agree with the lifestyle choices of homosexuals does not mean we hate them. We have a God given mandate to preach the truth and if you don’t like it too bad. Just as homosexuals have the constitutional to live their lifestyle, I have a constitutional right as a Minister of the Gospel and accordance to freedom of my religious rights to say I don’t agree with same sex marriages. Please don’t force your lifestyle don’t our throats.
The fact that you call it “homosexual filth” makes it hate speech. And that’s the problem with many of you con artist preachers…your sermons are usually outright hate speech.
Now, as someone that doesn’t see much of a point in religion, I find you claiming that you have a mandate to preach “the truth” is a bit of a long stretch. Because it is your truth, based on ancient fairy tales and outdated dogma.
I love how xtians act as victims by claiming that the LGBT community is forcing their lifestyle (btw it’s not a lifestyle choice get it through your head) yet how many countless religious posters, churches and messages do we get bombarded on a daily basis? Christianity is ubiquitous in our daily lives, a lot of it unwarranted, so stop complaining and check your privilege.
the fact that you are now a regular troll on this site tells us everything we need to know about you oscar bougardt.
This thing keeps on reading this gay website. Makes you wonder what lies beneath!
Angus Buchan cannot agree with homosexuality but organises a yearly even called “Mighty Men” that is exclusively male.
Here’s a interesting suggestion to Mambaonline, during the next conference (23-25 September) send someone over and open up Grindr. I’d be curious to know how many closet homophobes will light up the screen.
I agree that we should not have hate speach towards any person. Can a person help that he/she is gay? We should also not hate a person that states that a person can be healed from being gay. Hate speach should also not be done towards preachers. There are many gay people that would like to be straight and there are many that has experienced true change. If we can offer help to people that wants a face-lift or help in losing weight why can we not offer help for those who don’t want to be gay but straight? I agree that the church has mistreated gay people and that thing should change. I also believe that it would be completely erroneous to offer hope for those who want change from a gay Lifestyle. Why should we discriminate against gays that don’t want to be gay and want to be straight.
Once again…we are made aware of just how sordid morality has become in this World. I stand with Angus Buchan in taking a stand against homosexuality. This is not in judgement but in truth. Homosexuality is a perverse twist of the perfect balance that God, our Creator intended for us as His children. It is a mental emotional affliction, upon the people, the same as bipolar or an anxiety disorder or codependency. Its roots are not in natuaral, healthy interaction from a relational standpoint and yes it can be overcome if the person chooses so. As in all cases such as this, the person is not judged or condemned but should be allowed the oppotunity to seek freedom. Freedom of speech should be for all, including Angus Buchan. Blocking someone from speaking their truth is at complete odds with the freedom the gay activists themselves claim have. May God intervene divinely to lift the spiritual blindness from all and may He bring truth with love to these lost ones. Amen
This Buchan character is a false prophet, false teacher, and a liar on top of his remarks about homosexuals and women. By all means, if he wants to make a statement about gays, do it the biblical way. But this charlatan add to the Bible and hears God “talk” to him (psychotic?). He is also rude and very dismissive, a typical characteristic as the “man;y” figure he so distorts. Best advice is to avoid this clown altogether. He has nothing to do with the real God.
Another show by a man that speaks an appealing word to those that share similar opinions, he’s found a platform at the right place at the right time and he’s making his mark, not inspired by God, inspired by his pride, his opinions driven home under the guise of a religion. All the like minded people come together, they meet at conferences and rallies and they sit around the dinner table and all speak the same language.
The bible says this…. and the bible says that…. and all the people cheer and rejoice because the speaker knows his business and he’s spot on right… afterall it is what the bible says. Fact is all that comes from this is a subtle and sometimes not so subtle condemnation of people; “homosexual people” or “Woman”.
You’re always going to find someone to condemn and you’d be crafty at doing it, much like the sheep in wolves clothing. The Christian Bible is indeed a collection of books, their used to be more books in the original bible but some learned men took it upon themselves to remove the books that they deemed untrue and they called the books the apocryphal books. The Catholic Bible’s collection of books differ to that of the Protestant Bible because well they disagreed on some of the books authenticity. It was man who pieced the books of the bible together, it was also man who decided which books should feature in the collection, it was man who created denominations because they beleived that one were more authentic than the other. Before there was the written parchements there was word of mouth… The writtings and teachings directed to a specific nation of people a specific culture of that period in time. Its whats in your heart that matters most. Its not what that bible says it’s what your heart says the bible says. By there fruits you shall know them…. Its the good spirit that teaches man and comforts man and all the fruits and glory of the ggodness that comes from it will be testament to the God that you claim to be the author of your good deeds.
DENYING THE CONSCIENCE AND SUPPRESSING THE TRUTH WITH UNRIGHTEOUSNESS
Go oom Angus. We support you and keep doing the good work.
Isn’t it ironic that all the comments ventured in regard to this post are in themselves hate speech. Strange that those that oppose hate speech actually use hate speech to oppose it. Makes you think…doesn’t it?
If the way we live is not in allignment with the bible then we are living a lie. But God loves all people with whatever condition. Everyone is living a sinful life and those who say they are 100 % pure is also lying. My view is that…. I dont really care what people do or say as long as im focused and make my life right with God. My duty is also to proclaim the word of the Lord and to preach the truth.
In all this hate speech towards us Gays…. I wonder what would Jesus have done?…..
What would you have done if HE said. Matthews 18:8 Wherefore if thy hand or thy foot offend thee, cut them off, and cast them from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life halt or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into everlasting fire. 9 And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire. Do the same think with what makes you sin, Kill it with HIS blood, don’t kill yourself we love you so much, kill the thing that makes you sin, kill the thing that condemned Sodom
Chas – love your comment – no one can argue this !
https://www.mambaonline.com/2016/09/20/botswana-lgbt-leader-deportation-steven-anderson-proud-government/
Stop and learn – Botswana is showing the way.
People like that are con-artists who have contempt even for the gullible who fall for their rhetoric.
Is this the thing in a movie about potatoes ?
What should we do if we see a lion sneaking behind you to kill you. Should we look and listen, not to say anything for according to the lion might appear as a hate speech for a lion eats meat, it has to kill, therefore if I love u, I must hate the lion trying to kill you. Or should I warn you that this creature called a lion is sneaking and going for a kill. You were unaware as a victim that this very moment my life is in danger. Same thing here, homosexuality is a sin just like any other sin, we preachers preach about sin in general if you lie we preach against it, if you disbelief we preach against it for its sin, being gay is also a sin for sodom was destroyed because of it, we should preach a saving message to kill the sin sneaking behind us. You cannot understand the state of this sin as a victim just as anyone whose a slave in any other sin, you do not see the danger of it, we always believe we are good as long as I did this good thing then I’m a good person, you simply forget about the little sin you possess. 1 Corinthians chapter 1 talks about how our wisdom blinds us to the truth, we are directing you to THE WAY, THE TRUTH, AND LIFE, without HIM we are doomed. So it is not a hate speech directed to you, but a hate speech to your sin, I hate the sin in you as much as I hate the sin in me. God loved Adam but hated the sin in him, The FATHER hated the sin JESUS carried on a cross that HE even left HIM and crushed HIM under HIS wrath, so this sin is hated by our GOD of LOVE, HE cannot be a GOD of LOVE if he didn’t hate what is not love, sin is the opposite of LOVE. We do not want to be friends with it, it always hides inside us making us believe we don’t have it. You might not see it now, but trust me it has happen before In sodom, on Judgement day, you don’t want to be one of those who says Lord, Lord, for JESUS said only those who do the will of my FATHER shall enter, we are not hating we are preaching what the book says, don’t fight us, fight the bible, for our authority comes from it, but be warned, only destruction come to those who will be on the rival side of our LORD, I urge you to read the bible prayer fully as if your life depends on it, because your life is depending on it. Only then you will realize the sinful ness of being gay. Just as I realised the sinfulness of my many sins that JESUS nailed to the cross.
If Christians believe in the Bible as the inspired Word of God then they will know that preachers only preach what the Bible says and it’s not their teaching. “Thou shall not steal”…it’s not just a message of a Pastor on Sunday, the Bible says so.
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.
Edmund Burke