Angus Buchan apologises for ‘misleading’ Afrikaner statement
Following an outcry by the EFF deputy president Floyd Shivambu after a video clip of Evangelist Pastor Angus Buchan convening a prayer meeting called "Staan op vir Jesus" (stand up for Jesus), Buchan has apologised to the nation for his remarks that only Jewish and Afrikaans people shared a covenant with God.
“I would like to apologise and clear up any misunderstanding that I might have made with my statement that went out recently,” he said in another statement on Facebook.
In the audio recording about a planned prayer meeting in Pretoria in February of 2020, Buchan says: “Everybody is welcome as always to our meetings, but this time the emphasis will be on the Afrikaner nation, we are going to call out to God remembering that only two nations in the world have ever been in covenant with the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. They are the Jewish people and the Afrikaans people, that is fact.”
Buchan has subsequently apologised on Facebook, saying: “Having stated that the Jews and the Afrikaans peoples were the only two Nations that had a covenant with God is totally wrong and for that statement, I humbly ask your forgiveness. 2 Corinthians 5:17, states clearly that: “If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold all things have become new”.
Buchan further stated that it was not his intention to hurt anyone with his statement.
“If my statement has led to any division, please forgive me.
“I will, therefore, continue with all my hearts to work toward bringing the entire Nation of South Africa to a unity with each other, and with our God,” the statement concludes.
