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Abp. Akinola’s response to ECUSA
2nd May, 2007 The Rt. Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori, Episcopal Church Center 815 Second Avenue New York, NY 10017, USA My dear Presiding Bishop: My attention has been drawn to your letter of April 30th ostensibly written to me but published on the Episcopal News Service website. In light of the concerns that you raise it might be...
Continue reading...Consensus on Sexuality Necessary Before Lambeth Conference - Archbishop Peter Akinola
30. January 2007
Source: Living Church Nigerian Primate: Consensus on Sexuality Necessary Before Lambeth Conference 1/29/2007 The issue of homosexuality and the Anglican Communion must be resolved before the 2008 Lambeth Conference, if the Church of Nigeria is to participate, according to Archbishop Peter Akinola. In a Jan. 14 interview with the...
Continue reading...CHRISTMAS and NEW YEAR MESSAGE - Archbishop Peter Akinola
03. January 2007
THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (Anglican Communion) THE MOST REV. PETER J. AKINOLA, D.D. Archbishop, Metropolitan and Primate of All Nigeria. CHRISTMAS and NEW YEAR MESSAGE December 20, 2006. GOD WITH WHOM THERE ARE NO IMPOSSIBILITIES Luke 1: 37 To the human mind, many things are impossible. We look around and are awestruck by the...
Continue reading...Archbishop Peter Akinola in Time’s 100 list of people who shape our world
03. May 2006
Source: Time Magazine on-line Sunday, Apr. 30, 2006 Archbishop Peter Akinola - The Strength of a Lion By RICK WARREN Nigerian Anglican Archbishop Peter Akinola captured headlines last year for leading the worldwide revolt of evangelical Anglicans against the ordination of gay bishops in the U.S. by the Episcopal Church. But to...
Continue reading...Reactions to violence in Nigeria: Archbishop Peter Akinola explains
21. April 2006
Source: Christianity Today Nigerian Archbishop Demands Justice Peter Akinola affirms warning to government and Muslims, fires back on the Western press. Peter Akinola, Anglican archbishop and president of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) issued some controversial warnings during February’s deadly violence between...
Continue reading...Living the Resurrected life - Easter Message by Archbishop Peter Akinola
15. April 2006
THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (Anglican Communion) THE MOST REV. PETER J. AKINOLA, CON, D.D, Archbishop, Metropolitan and Primate of All Nigeria. 14th April, 2006 EASTER MESSAGE My dear People of God, Living the Resurrected life Greetings in the precious name of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus the Christ who overcame death through the...
Continue reading...A call to national mourning by Archbishop Peter Akinola
24. March 2006
Souce: Church of Nigeria News We have watched with sadness and utter dismay the recent crises in some States in Northern part of this country where many Christians were ruthlessly killed, and Churches and other property wantonly destroyed by some criminals – murderers and arsonists hiding under the guise of religion. We, however,...
Continue reading...A reaction by Archbishop Peter Akinola on religious fanaticism in Nigeria - 20th february, 2006
21. February 2006
REACTION OF THE PRESIDENT OF CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA, THE MOST REVD. PETER J. AKINOLA (CON, DD.) ON THE UGLY DEVELOPMENT OF RENEWED RELIGIOUS FANATICISM IN THE COUNTRY. - 20th February, 2006 Having watched with sadness and dismay the recent development in some States in the Northern part of this Country where...
Continue reading...Christmas Message To The Nation by Archbishop Peter Akinola
23. December 2005
As we celebrate another Christmas, we thank God for all His mercies towards us as individuals and as a nation. The main reason for joy and celebration is that at the fullness of time, God sent to us His only begotten Son to deliver us from our sins. Christ came into the world at a time such as this to give us joy, peace and eternal...
Continue reading...Opening Encounter Address at Ein El SUKHNA by Archbishop Akinola
12. November 2005
WELCOME ADDRESS PRESENTED TO THE DELEGATES TO THE 3RD SOUTH-SOUTH ENCOUNTER HOLDING IN Ein El SUKHNA, EGYPT BY THE MOST REVD PETER J. AKINOLA CON, DD. It is highly probable that more than a few of us have made our way to this particular Encounter with a sense of pilgrimage to the cradle of our doctrinal formularies – for Egypt comes...
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03. May 2007
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