article_snippet: Rev Goddard defended Rev Goddard decision to hold the event, describing the event as a ‘very moving’ service.
article_snippet: Rev Goddard said Rev Goddard intention was simply to offer people a ‘place to pray’.
article_snippet: Rev Goddard told the Christian Today website that everything Rev Goddard did was legal and within bishops’ guidelines.
article_snippet: Rev Goddard said Rev Goddard was simply offering the Muslims a place to pray, adding that the religions share 'the same God' (pictured, St John's)
article_snippet: Rev Goddard added: ‘It is very much about St John’s being a place of welcome.
article_snippet: Rev Goddard said The service had not put off Christian churchgoers and Rev Goddard congregation is growing.
article_snippet: Rev Goddard told the Daily Telegraph:
article_snippet: Critics say Rev Goddard has overstepped Rev Goddard bounds by introducing other faiths.