A regular meeting of the Synod of Bishops of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa in Gauteng this week reviewed the ongoing mission, ministry and witness of the Church and some of the challenges of the context in which we live.
19 September 2008
The Dean of Bexley Hall Episcopal Seminary, Columbus, Ohio visited the Diocese of Seychelles, Province of the Indian Ocean, to confer the degree of Doctor of Divinty, honoris causa, on the bishop, the Right Revd Santosh K. Marray
10 September 2008
Archbishop Thabo Makgoba of Cape Town called on the Southern African Development Community to establish mechanisms in Zimbabwe to bring about an end to political violence. He also urged Zimbabwe's ruling Zanu-PF to recognise the legitimacy of its political opponents.
04 July 2008
The Episcopal Church of the Sudan (ECS) elected (June 12) two new diocesan bishops - Rev. Joseph Garang Atem was elected as the next Bishop of the Diocese of Renk in Upper Nile, whilst Rev. Wilson Kamani was elected as the next Bishop of the Diocese of Ibba in Western Equatoria.
20 June 2008
We the Bishops of the Anglican Church of the Province of Central Africa, comprising Botswana, Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe, “called to share in Jesus’ work of sanctifying and shepherding his people and of speaking in God’s name”
03 June 2008
The controversial former bishop of Harare, Nolbert Kunonga, has been officially excommunicated, thereby stripping him of his ability to function as a cleric in the Anglican Church.
20 May 2008
The Archbishop of Burundi, the Most Revd Bernard Ntahoturi, was sad to announce the death on 26th April 2008 of the Most Revd Samuel Ndayisenga
06 May 2008
The Church of the Province of West Africa (Anglican Communion) meeting in Douala, Cameroon, on the 11th day of April, in the year of our Lord, Two Thousand and Eight
02 May 2008
“Zimbabwe is staring into the abyss. Violence is growing and the people are suffering greatly as a result. It is now vital that we all do what we can to calm the situation.
24 April 2008
The plight of the people of Zimbabwe is heart-breaking. Already bruised, broken and crushed by oppression and economic hardship before the elections, they are now even more divided
23 April 2008