Kenyan Bishop Thomas Kogo said the church had decided to forbid homosexuals from going to their churches if they could not repent and stick to biblical teachings.
GAFCON’s ideas are “ridiculous” and “deeply offensive” says the Bishop of Durham, the Rt. Rev. N.T. Wright in a BBC radio interview. “To be told that I now need to be authorised or validated by a group of primates somewhere else who come in and tell me which doctrines I should sign up to is not only ridiculous it’s deeply offensive.”
Kenyan Anglican clergy, gays and allies are sending a strong message of affirmation and inclusiveness to the bishops at the forthcoming Lambeth conference in July-August, 2008. And Kalamazoo students will be performing a play, Seven Passages, at the Lambeth fringe events.
What of the potential for pushback from dioceses that are doing well on their own? To limit tensions between winners and losers from a mandate, the current thinking is that premiums charged to the dioceses will be set based on regional demographics and regional cost of healthcare. The hope is that as a result each diocese would be at least as well off as it is going it alone.
The Rt. Rev. Dr. Michael Nazir-Ali was asked how he could boycott the Lambeth Conference after his statements about working within the Anglican Communion. He
The food is taken from the people. If your home is selected for a donation you must either give them Z$10 billion, or 10Kg of maize meal, or you are beaten. In the better off townships this is going on, but on a smaller scale. They seem to target the poorest of the poor.
…the DeWolf name has been honored through generations, both in the family’s hometown of Bristol, R.I., and on the national stage. Family members have been prominent citizens: professors, writers, legislators, philanthropists, Episcopal priests and bishops. Traces of the Trade reveals their deep involvement in the slave trade.
In a much more conciliatory tone, the Rt. Rev. Dr. Michael Nazir-Ali spoke to the Global Anglican Futures Conference (GAFCON) of conservatives about the dangers
The decision for extension was not requested by Dr. Redding, nor does it indicate a change in my understanding of the theological conflicts inherent in professing both traditions.
The prospect of schism in the worldwide Anglican Church receded as African leaders meeting in Jerusalem stepped back from the brink and declared they are not seeking to start a new church.