(ACNS) Despite archbishop being kidnapped, Anglican Church of Nigeria will meet

Senior leaders of the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) will still meet for their bi-annual Standing Committee, despite the kidnapping of their Provincial Dean.

The second most senior cleric in the Church of Nigeria, Dean of the Province and Archbishop of Niger Delta Province, the Most Revd Ignatius Kattey, was kidnapped by armed men late on Friday evening.

Provincial Communciations Director, Canon Taiwo Faluso, said, “We are praying that God in His infinite mercy will grant us, very quickly, the Dean’s release from the hoodlums that took him”.

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2 comments on “(ACNS) Despite archbishop being kidnapped, Anglican Church of Nigeria will meet

  1. Jill Woodliff says:

    [url=http://anglicanprayer.wordpress.com/2013/09/09/nigerian-archbishop-ignatius-kattey-kidnapped/]Prayer[/url].

  2. Albany+ says:

    Yes, prayer. What suffering is endured by those whom we are all but unworthy to be called brothers and sisters.