Dawn host David Koch has savaged a senior pastor on the church attended by former Essendon chief government Andrew Thorburn.
Mr Thorburn resigned from the function simply 30 hours into the job after he was condemned for his hyperlinks to the Metropolis on the Hill church.
The church’s controversial views on abortion and homosexuality have been discovered to be in direct contradiction to the values of the Essendon Soccer Membership.
The Dawn morning present invited Metropolis on a Hill senior pastor Man Mason to reply to public criticism of the church’s values.
“Even probably the most conservative bloke I feel I do know, Peter Dutton, referred to as your views an abomination,” Koch mentioned to spherical out a heated interview with the pastor.
Mr Mason was staunch in his defence of his church’s values and threw his assist behind the previous Essendon boss.
“I do know Andrew to be an excellent man, he’s a person of integrity, generosity, heat and he’s a person of religion and I like that in him,” Mr Mason mentioned.
Koch moved swiftly to substantiate whether or not the previous Essendon boss aligned with the church’s statements on abortion and homosexuality.
“That you must ask him his views,” Mr Mason replied.
“He wouldn’t be chairman of your board until he shared the identical views the church does,” Koch mentioned.
The morning present host pushed the pastor, asking the church chief to clarify statements made by the church in previous sermons.
“However evaluating abortion to the Holocaust is just not love, it’s not inclusion,” Koch mentioned.
“There are such a lot of different church buildings which might be tolerant, are inclusive. You all learn the identical e book, why do you’ve got this tough line and never so loving view?”
Mr Mason mentioned Koch was taking a quote from 10 years in the past and the assertion was not meant to be “inflammatory”.
“I’d use completely different phrases in the present day,” he mentioned.
Lastly, Koch referred to as to query how the previous AFL boss was going to face up in the course of the upcoming AFLW pleasure spherical and assist the celebration of the sport’s LGBTQIA+ group.
“Why did he apply for the job when he knew the values of the Essendon Soccer Membership have been fully completely different to the values of his church and religion?” he requested.
“When the pleasure spherical comes up within the AFLW in a few weeks, how may he have truthfully stood there and inspired the sentiment round pleasure spherical?”
“A footy membership is about loving the sport and the jumper and it’s bringing collectively of individuals of all completely different walks of life,” Mr Mason replied.
