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Let me get this straight - On 27 May, Pentecost Sunday, West Ham United football stadium, in Newham, is to be the site of the “Global Day of Prayer”.

Said Pastor Jonathan Oloyede of Glory House:

“We are asking Christians to pray for London, for east London in particular and West Ham football stadium, where the Global Day of Prayer is held this year.”

So the plan is to pack the stadium full and pray for the stadium? Seems more like a plan to provoke as much animosity as possible on the weekend before first anniversary of that little shoot-out over there in Forest Gate. Maybe with the new London-based SAS teams standing by looking like Darth Vader’s rejects to give the whole affair some added scariness.

I am so glad to see so many Christians making an example of the Christian virtues of love, forgiveness, kindness, peace, generosity, and service, particularly in these mad days of provocation, vengeance, and hate-mongering.

[via Londonist]

[tags] newham, west ham, global day of prayer, forest gate[/tags]