One evangelical leader, who phoned EN having received the news of Roy Clements ending his ministry
and leaving his family to pursue a relationship with another man, commented: 'If I had been asked to dream up what could be the greatest blow to the evangelical cause in Britain at the present time, I am not sure I could have come up with anything worse than this'.
In many ways, the homosexual motivation behind what Roy Clements has done, though very serious, is not the greatest travesty in this situation. What he has done in walking out on his wife and family is utterly heartbreaking and shameful. Similarly, the wreckage he leaves behind in abandoning his church and calling from God is enormous.
The re-emergence of heavy shepherds
What would you think if you received a letter from your church leaders that read like this? ‘Are church members …