The Most Revd Josiah Idowu-Fearon took time in his sermon to outline and counter some myths about African Christianity that he finds prevalent in the church.
“… the Communion is becoming a source of weakness as Churches which have rejected the truth as Anglicans have received it spread false teaching, yet continue to enjoy full communion with the Archbishop of Canterbury.” – Gafcon Chairman Archbishop Eliud Wabukala, Primate of Kenya
A survey of some thoughts on the future of the Anglican Communion in the wake of the the Archbishop of Canterbury’s invitation to all the Primates to meet and re-imagine the relationships that form it.
“The Gafcon primates have previously advised the Archbishop of Canterbury that they would not attend any meeting at which The Episcopal Church of the United States or the Anglican Church of Canada were represented, nor would they attend any meeting from which the Anglican Church in North America was excluded.” – Gafcon Statement
Several bishops around the Anglican Communion have made short videos describing the impact and implications of climate change in their dioceses and calling for prayer and action.
Meeting in Montreal and focusing on healing and reconciliation, the group reaffirmed their desire to promote the deepening of communion between the Churches of the Anglican Communion by renewing its life of liturgy and prayer as integral to the mission of the Church.
The Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia is the Anglican Church in New Zealand, Fiji, Tonga, Samoa, and the Cook Islands. It is different from any other Anglican church in the Anglican Communion in that it is a church organized to represent three cultural streams or tikanga.
As South Sudan marks four years of independence, they also suffer continued civil war. Archbishop Justin Welby offered “our prayers around the world” are for an end to violence in South Sudan as the country marks four years of independence.
The first consultation took place in the U.K. at the Anglican Communion office in London in 2010 and the bishops have met yearly since then. Next year’s consultation is expected to take place in Ghana, a major point of slave export.
While recognising the prerogative of The Episcopal Church to address issues appropriate to its own context, Archbishop Justin Welby said that its decision will cause distress for some and have ramifications for the Anglican Communion as a whole, as well as for its ecumenical and interfaith relationships.