(Telegraph) African leaders warn Justin Welby: Anglican Church is ‘fractured’

Posted by Kendall Harmon

A group of Bishops and senior clerics from Nigeria and Kenya issued a call for the Archbishop of Canterbury effectively to be replaced as leader of the worldwide Anglican Communion by an elected chairman.

Meanwhile the Anglican church in Uganda offered Bishop Welby its support but warned the Church is “fractured” over questions such as homosexuality and the interpretation of the Bible.

The remarks come following a meeting of Anglican leaders from around the world in Auckland, New Zealand, which ended this week, attended by he current Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams.

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Filed under: * Anglican - Episcopal • Archbishop of Canterbury • Anglican Provinces • Anglican Church of Kenya • Church of England (CoE) • CoE Bishops • Church of Nigeria • Church of Uganda • Global South Churches & Primates

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1. MichaelA wrote:

“A group of Bishops and senior clerics from Nigeria and Kenya issued a call for the Archbishop of Canterbury effectively to be replaced as leader of the worldwide Anglican Communion by an elected chairman”.

No, they didn’t.  Our friends in the media need to be gently reminded of the need for accuracy. 

The bishops of Nigeria and Kenya called for the chairmanship of the Primates Meeting to be rotated around the members, instead of being held by ABC.  That is not the same thing as leadership of the Communion - it does not for instance affect the ABC’s right to call and chair the Lambeth conference, nor the Anglican Consultative Counsel.

November 11, 1:02 am | [comment link]
2. MichaelA wrote:

“The gathering in new Zealand agreed a raft of motions on issues such as land disputes and drug trafficking.”

Please.  The gathering in New Zealand agreed very little of any consequence, and many of the resolutions were on matters which were not its responsibility anyway. 

On things that are its responsibility, the gathering (ACC-15) did very poorly - it couldn’t agree on a resolution supporting persecuted Christians in Pakistan (even though a Pakistani bishop literally begged for one), and it couldn’t even get around to discussing the crisis of unity in the Anglican Communion.

What a waste of time.

November 11, 1:07 am | [comment link]
3. Cennydd13 wrote:

TRULY!

November 12, 11:51 am | [comment link]
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