Archive | September, 2010
The Conference Statement of the 2nd All Africa Bishops Conference
Preamble The second All Africa Bishops Conference, organised by the Council of Anglican Provinces of Africa (CAPA), met in Entebbe, Uganda, from 23rd to 29th August 2010. Participants included 398 bishops representing the following Provinces: Burundi, Central Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Indian Ocean, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda,...
Continue reading...CAPA Primates Communiqué, Uganda
29. August 2010
August 29, 2010 1. In a spirit of unity and trust, and in an atmosphere of love the Primates of the Council of Anglican Provinces in Africa (CAPA) as well as Archbishop John Chew, the Chairman of the Global South, which represents the majority of the active orthodox membership in the entire Anglican Communion, met during the 2nd All...
Continue reading...African bishops chide Anglican leader on homosexuality - CNN Belief Blog
28. August 2010
Conservative Anglican bishops pressed the head of the worldwide church over homosexuality at a conference this week in Uganda, demanding he "sort out" the crisis facing the world's third-largest Christian denomination. Bishops from Singapore, Southeast Asia and Africa told Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams in...
Continue reading...African bishops maintain anti-gay stand - New Vision Online
25. August 2010
ANGLICAN bishops attending the All Africa Bishops Conference in Entebbe have reiterated their firm stand against homosexuality. In speeches, most of which received standing ovations, the prelates said the practice was alien and an “innovation of the truth”. Present was the Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, whose...
Continue reading...African bishops say Anglicans in West strayed from God
25. August 2010
ENTEBBE, Tuesday The Anglican church in the West no longer adheres to the word of God, African bishops said Tuesday at a continental conference attended by the Archbishop of Canterbury. Rowan Williams, the head of the world-wide Anglican Communion, has been criticised by some African church leaders for his tolerant stance on...
Continue reading...African bishops’ meeting in Uganda told: “History will record what happens at this conference” - ACNS
25. August 2010
The Bishop in Egypt1 Dr Mouneer Anis told bishops from more than 400 dioceses at the 2nd All Africa Bishops Conference that this was an historic moment for Africa’s Christian community. “There is no doubt that history is going to record what happens at this conference for future generations,” he said at today’s...
Continue reading...The New ACC Articles: Procedural Issues - ACI
25. August 2010
Although we have written before of our concerns over the substance of the new Articles of Association of the Anglican Consultative Council, until now we have said little about our concerns over the procedures followed by the Anglican Communion Office in managing the development of these Articles. Others voiced complaints and we remained...
Continue reading...Questions regarding John Rees’ clarifications of the new Anglican Consultative Council Constitution - Michael Poon
14. August 2010
John Rees’ recent clarification on the new Anglican Consultative Council raises disturbing questions on the continuing viability of the Anglican Communion. As convener of a subgroup of the Inter-Anglican Standing Commission on Unity, Faith and Order, tasked to review the Communion structures – due to report in the Cape Town...
Continue reading...The way TEC does business - Philip Turner
09. August 2010
THE WAY TEC DOES BUSINESS LET THE BUYER BEWARE! The Reverend Dr. Philip Turner The meeting of the Standing Committee of the Anglican Consultative Council (hereafter the Standing Committee) has just finished its deliberations. It was reported in The Standing Committee Daily Bulletin that Dato’ Stanley Isaacs had proposed,...
Continue reading...The Scriptures, the Hope and the Mutual Welcome - Farewell Sermon by Tom Wright
21. July 2010
"It’s when we find a warm welcome from people quite different to ourselves but equally devoted to Jesus that we find a new kind of hope welling up within us. It’s a tangible sign of new creation." Isaiah 11.1–10; Romans 15.1–13 a sermon at the service of celebration and farewell in Durham Cathedral,...
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03. September 2010
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