Nobel Peace Laureate for 2004, Professor Wangari Maathai who founded the Green Belt Movement in Kenya, is to launch the newly-established South African Faith Communities Environment Institute (SAFCEI) on July 20 in Johannesburg.
12 July 2005
We are jubilant at the news of our fellow countryman's appointment as the next Archbishop of York, and are grateful to the Queen, the Prime Minister, and the Church of England for recognizing the emerging force of the Christian Church in the Global South.
17 June 2005
The Diocese of Grahamstown is now actively involved with a Land Justice program, transferring the ownership of church-owned land to local people in the poorer rural areas.
14 June 2005
The Rt. Rev. Bernard Ntahoturi, Bishop of Matana diocese, was elected as the 3rd Archbishop of the Anglican Church of Burundi on the 2nd June, 2005. The enthronement is planned to take place on 17th July 2005 when the Archbishop of Canterbury will be visiting Burundi.
10 June 2005
In a sermon to leaders and representatives from over 40 religious organisations, including every major faith group, Anglican Archbishop, Njongonkulu Ndungane said that he believes public opinion against poverty "is growing like never before."
10 June 2005
The Anglican Church of Tanzania (ACT) recently released a Bishops' Appeal and fundraising plan for the establishment of a new Anglican University.
08 June 2005
A three-day conference of the Mothers' Union of the Episcopal Church of Rwanda ended on 27th May 2005.
03 June 2005
The Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) has donated a Land cruiser jeep to the Primate of Congo, the Most Rev Dirokpa B Fidele, to ease mobility and support evangelical work in the area.
03 June 2005
The new Bishop of the Seychelles, the Right Rev. Santosh Marray, was consecrated in Mahe in the Seychelles on March 5 this year.
27 May 2005
Statement from the Anglican Church on Marriage and Same-Sex Relationships in the light of the decision of the Supreme Court of Appeal of South Africa in Bloemfontein, 30 November 2004
06 May 2005