When All Saints Church of West Newbury moves into the former Sacred Heart Church building on Friend Street next month, it will be as a member of the Anglican Church of Kenya, not as an Episcopal Church.
All Saints rector Rev. William Murdoch was elected June 29 as a Suffragen Bishop of the Anglican Church of Kenya. He will be consecrated next Thursday, Aug. 30 at All Saints Cathedral in Nairobi, Kenya and will be part of the team responsible for oversight of Kenyan churches in the United States.
The Kenyan church dates back to the arrival of Christian missionaries in East Africa in 1844. According to its Web site, the church’s vision is to provide “a strengthened Anglican Church built on the foundation of the apostolic faith in Jesus Christ with the ability to equip all God’s people to face the challenges of the new millennium.”
This is a very pleasant story. I think it is a good witness to the world. I appreciate there are many circumstances all over the rest of the nation that keep this level of cordiality from happening, which is sad. Here appears a level of civility has been reach, so without judgment of any of the others, I celebrate this presentation a resolution in our church’s struggles.