Books: A guide to engaging with the key elements of the Christian faith
DAVID ADAMS reads Peter F Jensen’s ‘The Life of Faith’…
Anglican conservatives meet in Rwanda amid rift over LGBTQ
Kigali, Rwanda AP Hundreds of Anglican conservative leaders from 52 countries are meeting in Rwanda amid a rift over support within the church for same-sex unions. The conference in Kigali, the Rwandan capital, has been convened under the auspices of the Global Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans, or GAFCON, a group formed in 2008 that advocates […]
Top Kenyan banker urges Uganda’s Anglican bishops to build sustainability amidst financial challenges caused by COVID-19
Mukono, Uganda The leadership of the Anglican Church of Uganda must work tirelessly to build a financially sustainable church or watch the institution die as others have in the wake of COVID-19, according to James Mwangi, CEO of Nairobi-based Equity Group Holdings. Speaking as the guest of honour during the five day 26th Provincial Assembly of the […]
Ugandan President agrees to engage with Anglican Church leaders over expectant mothers attending church-run schools
Kampala, Uganda Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has agreed to engage with the country’s Anglican Church leadership to resolve an impasse which has seen thousands of expectant school girls locked out of the country’s church-founded schools since the beginning of the academic year. In January, at the start of the academic year, a sharp disagreement emerged […]
Church of England leader apologises for comparing climate change to rise of Nazis
London, UK Reuters Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby apologised on Monday after saying world leaders who fail to act on climate change could be making a bigger mistake than their predecessors who ignored warnings about the rise of the Nazis. Welby, the spiritual leader of the worldwide Anglican Communion of about 85 million Christians, speaking […]
Future planning: Looking for radical solutions to decline, Church of England debates lay-led house churches
CATHERINE PEPINSTER, writing for Religion News Service, reports on the push for change within the Church of England…
Bishop Barbara Harris, first woman bishop of Anglican Communion, dies at 89
RNS Retired Bishop Barbara Harris, the first woman to be ordained and consecrated as a bishop in the worldwide Anglican Communion, died on Friday. She was 89. Harris died at a hospice house after a recent hospitalisation. “Our hearts are truly heavy at the loss of one who has been a faithful and altogether irrepressible […]
Faith leaders react after Kenyan court upholds bans on gay intimacy
Nairobi, KenyaRNS In a case that pitted influential faith leaders against gay rights groups, Kenya’s High Court declined on Friday to force the repeal of sections of the penal code widely seen to discriminate against homosexuals. A ruling in favor of repeal would have been a trailblazing step for an Africa court, but the three-judge […]