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Archbishop Ndungane Announces Retirement After Lambeth 2008

Archbishop Ndungane Announces Retirement After Lambeth 2008

This year is my tenth year as Archbishop of the Anglican Church in Southern Africa...It is an extremely demanding position with many wide-ranging responsibilities and although, according to the canons of our church, I could continue to fill it until I am seventy, I have decided that the time is coming for me to step down. It is my intention therefore to retire in 2008

18 May 2006

Bishops Condemn Maltreatment of Southern African Women

Bishops Condemn Maltreatment of Southern African Women

Anglican bishops under the leadership of Archbishop Njongonkulu Ndungane have said that they continue to be deeply concerned about the treatment of women in our society. So much so that, in solidarity with all women in Southern Africa, they intend organising a series of special events on August 9 this year.

15 May 2006

Media Release from the Anglican Church in Southern Africa

Media Release from the Anglican Church in Southern Africa

Anglican Archbishop, Njongonkulu Ndungane, earlier today met with a delegation from Finland, led by Archbishop Jukka Paarma of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in that country.

27 April 2006

Launch of African Voice to ensure delivery of continent's poor

Launch of African Voice to ensure delivery of continent's poor

One of the strongest homegrown voices for African development, the African Monitor, will soon be lobbying the plight of the continent's people, the poor in particular, in the corridors of power all over the world.

27 April 2006

Youth for Peace in Burundi

Youth representing the six dioceses of the Province of the Anglican Church of Burundi met for one week from 17-21 April 2006 for training in peace building, justice, and truth and reconciliation in a post-conflict context.

26 April 2006

CAPA Appoints Coordinator for HIVAIDS, TB and Malaria Programme

CAPA Appoints Coordinator for HIVAIDS, TB and Malaria Programme

Mr. Emmanuel Olatunji has joined us as the Coordinator for HIV/AIDS, TB and Malaria Programme.

21 April 2006

Archbishop - Sudan shows Easter message not getting through

Archbishop - Sudan shows Easter message not getting through

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams has said that the ongoing suffering in Darfur and in Southern Sudan show how much Christians have still to do in order to bring the reality of Easter to the world.

18 April 2006

Church of Uganda disassociates herself from Christopher Ssenyonjo

Church of Uganda disassociates herself from Christopher Ssenyonjo

On 15th March 2006, I and all the people of Uganda woke up to read in The New Vision that Christopher Ssenyonjo, the second Bishop of West Buganda Diocese, had a new 'Archbishop called Howard' in America and had formed a new denomination called the Charismatic Church of Uganda, and had consecrated a bishop.

24 March 2006

Archbishop tells World Community to 'deliver' now on aid to Sudan

'Deliver' was the word Archbishop Rowan Williams used to get his message across as he spoke to the global powers and promise-makers via press, media and addressing the people of Sudan. He confronted daily with the vulnerability of the people and places he met on this his first visit to the church in Sudan.

07 March 2006

Renk Cathedral consecration attended by Chicago Episcopalians

Renk Cathedral consecration attended by Chicago Episcopalians

After a nearly decade-long partnership with the Episcopal Diocese in Renk, Sudan, a group from a Barrington, Illinois, church travelled to see first-hand what their grassroots efforts have provided a world away.

06 March 2006