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| Church to debate convert motion | Church to debate convert motion |
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| A traditionalist Anglican has said he will continue with a campaign for the Church of England to work explicitly to convert Muslims to Christianity. | A traditionalist Anglican has said he will continue with a campaign for the Church of England to work explicitly to convert Muslims to Christianity. |
| Paul Eddy, a lay member of the General Synod, has come under intense pressure from bishops to withdraw his plan. | Paul Eddy, a lay member of the General Synod, has come under intense pressure from bishops to withdraw his plan. |
| But he has secured enough support for his motion to be debated at the next meeting of the Church's ruling body. | |
| The motion calls on the Church to proclaim Christianity as the only route to ultimate salvation. | The motion calls on the Church to proclaim Christianity as the only route to ultimate salvation. |
| Mr Eddy, who is training to become a priest, has been denounced by some Muslims but says the Church can no longer avoid hard questions about its beliefs. | Mr Eddy, who is training to become a priest, has been denounced by some Muslims but says the Church can no longer avoid hard questions about its beliefs. |
| No-go areas | No-go areas |
| He said he had received angry e-mails and telephone calls from senior figures in the Church denouncing his motion. | He said he had received angry e-mails and telephone calls from senior figures in the Church denouncing his motion. |
| Mr Eddy, who claims the support of three bishops, said the Church was itself creating no-go areas for the Bible. | Mr Eddy, who claims the support of three bishops, said the Church was itself creating no-go areas for the Bible. |
| BBC News religious affairs correspondent Robert Piggott says Mr Eddy's stance is likely to alienate many Muslims at a highly-sensitive time in the relationship between Islam and Christianity in the UK. | BBC News religious affairs correspondent Robert Piggott says Mr Eddy's stance is likely to alienate many Muslims at a highly-sensitive time in the relationship between Islam and Christianity in the UK. |
| Our correspondent added that the motion is a sign of the conservative evangelical wing of the Church flexing its muscles to oppose what it warns is a watering down of Christian values in deference especially to Muslims. | Our correspondent added that the motion is a sign of the conservative evangelical wing of the Church flexing its muscles to oppose what it warns is a watering down of Christian values in deference especially to Muslims. |
| The summer meeting of the synod is from 4 July to 8 July in York. | The summer meeting of the synod is from 4 July to 8 July in York. |