[Archbishop Henry] Orombi wonders how the archbishop can rein in the other churches when things like [the recent “marriage” ceremony in London of two men] happen under his own nose.
“I think the truth has come out,” he says. “The mother church has been ”” is already in the same problem. Now, which way is the communion going? We are asking ourselves that, and saying, that [same-sex ceremony] is a reflection of how far from biblical teaching and understanding even the Church of England is going.”
Orombi says it’s just one more reason he is boycotting the Lambeth Conference. And it’s not just he and his bishops who are doing so; bishops of Nigeria, Kenya and Rwanda are also staying away. Together they represent some two-thirds of the practicing Anglicans in the world.
Leaders from this group of the Anglican Communion see meeting with their Western colleagues as a waste of time.
“We’ve talked and talked and talked over the past decade,” says Archbishop Greg Venables, who oversees most of South America. “We’ve made it clear what the majority of Anglicans believe and how they feel about this, and nothing has happened.”