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Archbishop Akinola attacks Archbishop Ndungane over "Gay Remarks"

Archbishop Akinola attacks Archbishop Ndungane over "Gay Remarks"

My attention has just been drawn to a publication by a religious affairs correspondent in a British daily criticising the stand of a majority of Global South Primates and several other bishops around the world over the current departures arising from the ongoing controversies surrounding unscriptural revisionist innovations on human sexuality.

23 September 2003

Preparations for CAPA Council in top gear

Preparations for CAPA Council in top gear

The ninth session of the Council of the Anglican Provinces of Africa (CAPA) council meeting will be held in Nairobi from 24 - 26 September.

17 September 2003

Bishop Akrofi elected new Archbishop of West Africa

Bishop Akrofi elected new Archbishop of West Africa

The Rt Revd Justice Ofei Akrofi is the new Archbishop-elect of the Church of the Province of West Africa.

17 September 2003

CAPA to participate in international AIDS forum

CAPA to participate in international AIDS forum

The Council of the Anglican Provinces of Africa (CAPA) will showcase its HIV/AIDS work in Africa at the forthcoming historic International Conference on HIV/AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Infections in Africa (ICASA) to be held in Nairobi from next week.

17 September 2003

Thousands honour clerics who opposed Rhodesian regime

Thousands honour clerics who opposed Rhodesian regime

Thousands of Christians from Zimbabwe's eastern province of Manicaland thronged the Anglican Cathedral of St John the Baptist in the city of Mutare to pay tribute to two former bishops.

08 September 2003

African Anglican newsletter latest edition

African Anglican newsletter latest edition

Four gunmen made their way to the All Saints Cathedral, Nairobi, on Monday and snatched Sunday's offering of Ksh 700,000 ($ 9,589) in a daring early morning raid.

02 September 2003

Episcopalian named as transitional leader for Liberia

Episcopalian named as transitional leader for Liberia

Charles Gyude Bryant, 54, who has been described as a “mild-mannered businessman” studied economics at Cuttington College and is chairman of the board of trustees of the Episcopal Church in Liberia.

26 August 2003

Kenya's churches called to unite and resist Western influences

Kenya's churches called to unite and resist Western influences

The controversy in the worldwide Anglican Communion over homosexuality has led to a call for Kenya's Methodist, Presbyterian and Anglican churches to merge to better resist "Western" influences.

22 August 2003

CMS launches campaign to break the silence over atrocities in northern Uganda

CMS launches campaign to break the silence over atrocities in northern Uganda

In an effort to raise awareness of the shocking realities of child abduction and the 17-year war in northern Uganda , the Church Mission Society (CMS) launched a campaign today (21 August) by delivering a petition to Downing Street.

21 August 2003

Tanzania and Burundi scale up HIV/AIDS response

Tanzania and Burundi scale up HIV/AIDS response

The Anglican Church of Tanzania (ACT) last month held its four-year Health and HIV/AIDS Strategic planning in Dar es Salaam. A five-day workshop developed plans in partnership with USAID, Futures Group, Christian Aid (UK) and Churches in the Anglican Provinces of Africa (CAPA).

20 August 2003