Global South & GAFCON collaboration
Chris Sugden
Date posted: 1 Nov 2016
Delegates from 16 Anglican Provinces attended the sixth Global South conference at All Saints Cathedral, Cairo from 3-8 October, along with guests from Australia, Canada and England.
They issued a conference communiqué which gives strong counsel to the Church of England and foreshadows development of a structure to sustain orthodox Anglicanism. The Primates Councils of the Global South and GAFCON issued a further joint com-muniqué concerning same-sex unions.
What we need now
David Baker
Date posted: 1 Nov 2016
Unless the Lord builds the house, Psalm
127 tells us, its builders labour in vain.
In September’s en I wrote about how we
Anglican evangelicals need a biblical theology of unity and separation, which we seem to
lack. Theology is always practical of course –
for it is about how we follow Jesus. So this
month I want to write about another theological essential for our current situation,
and that is humility.
Dithering or deciding?
Susie Leafe
Date posted: 1 Oct 2016
There have been a lot of headlines about the
Church of England in recent weeks.
Many open letters have been written, a
celibate gay bishop has been paraded, and
even Church meetings in Tunbridge Wells
have got a mention. I don’t think it is just
the lack of real news during the ‘silly season’
that has caused it. No, it is also the fact that
the Shared Conversations about Scripture,
Sexuality and Mission are officially over, and
the time has come to make a decision. And
there is no easy answer.
Africa: Council of Anglican Provinces
Chris Sugden
Date posted: 1 Oct 2016
The Council of the Anglican Provinces of
Africa (CAPA) was
founded
in 1979
in
Chilema, Malawi, by the Anglican Primates
of Africa. It reaches out to individuals, communities and groups through more than 40
million dedicated Church members in the
25 African countries with an Anglican presence. That 40 million
is over half
the
Church-going Anglicans in the world.
CAPA is headed by a council to run the
Provinces’ activities. Its secretariat, headed
by General Secretary Canon Grace Kaiso
from Uganda, is based in Nairobi, Kenya.
Synod: culture over Scripture
Susie Leafe
Date posted: 1 Aug 2016
The General Synod of
the Church of
England is drawing to a close as I write.
In fact, it officially came to an end last
Saturday night but since then the majority
of members have been cloistered in Shared
Conversations about Sexuality, Mission and
Scripture. I say the majority, because some
have disappeared home and others, including myself, have been here but have refused
to take part in the process because of the
fundamental flaws in the way that they have
been designed.
Sudan: new GAFCON province bishop
Chris Sugden
Date posted: 1 Apr 2016
Canon Precious Omuku from Nigeria, the Archbishop of Canterbury’s Adviser on Anglican Communion Affairs and seconded from the Anglican Communion Office, was consecrated assistant bishop in Juba, South Sudan, in a televised ceremony on 3 January at the age of 68.
Bishop Omuku will remain in London as a special envoy of the Archbishop of Canterbury and be an international advocate for the Anglican Province of Sudan and South Sudan.
South Africa: a vision for new freedoms
Chris Sugden
Date posted: 1 Jan 2016
South Africa witnessed
two major campaigns in October and November. Tens of
thousands of students protested against a
rise in student fees, ‘Fees must fall’, and the
Anglican Archbishop, Thabo Makoba, and
the Director of the Evangelical Alliance of
South Africa, the Revd Moss Ntlha, led an
anti-corruption march of 6000 people.
These protests against the government by
churches which had
supported
the anti-apartheid struggle marks an important step
in the development of South Africa since
freedom from apartheid came in 1994.