Let me get to the point. The Anglican church in Kenya has decided to boycott the so-called Lambeth Conference to be held in July, a periodical spiritual fest of global Anglican bishops hosted in England by the Archbishop of Canterbury.
The decision has already been communicated by none other than Archbishop Benjamin Nzimbi. Most other African bishoprics had already decided the same, including Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda and Nigeria. Nigeria’s boycott, led by Archbishop Peter Akinola, has been particularly painful for Lambeth. Nigeria happens to host the biggest concentration of Anglicans of any country in the world.
The problem is homosexuality, which the African bishops reject. It all started with the Anglican wing in the United States, who call themselves Episcopalians. Some dioceses there have accepted to bless homosexual and lesbian marriages and even to ordain openly homosexual clergy.
It is not only Africans who are outraged. Many dioceses in Asia and Latin America are equally angry. Dr Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury, is a rather weak man who has proved incapable of healing the rift.
For an agnostic, the author of this piece seems to pretty much on the money in his analysis. So you see the World is watching what we as Anglicans do and they notice our hypocrisy when we say one thing and do another. Mind your P’s and Q’s.
His conclusion is quite dramatic: [blockquote] I suspect that even if the Archbishop of Canterbury started advocating cannibalism, Njonjo would want the Kenyan bishops to stick with England. Poor guy. [/blockquote] Could we apply that to our Episcopalians on the fence? [blockquote] I suspect that even if the General Convention started advocating [fill in the blank], they would want the American bishops to stick with TEC. Poor folk. [/blockquote] [size=1][color=red][url=http://resurrectioncommunitypersonal.blogspot.com/]The Rabbit[/url][/color][color=gray].[/color][/size]
No man, even an archbisbisop can ever heal the rift in the TEC that seems to be widening each day. same-sex unions = marriage?? No way!!
Wow…getting straight to the point, indeed! An economy of words is refreshing now and then.
Hmmm. Clearly, liberal media bias exists even in places like Nairobi. The world is indeed flattenning and shrinking as worldwide communication and travel and mutual economic dependence increases. RMBruton is right in his lead-off comment: “the World is watching.” The decisions we make as Anglicans do make an impact on others, for better or worse.
David Handy+
“A rather weak man…” is a generous assessment. We ALL know this; why do we continue to deal with him? LM
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Because he is the ABC and as such, head of the Anglican Communion, like it or not.