The Anglican Church of Tanzania has reiterated its opposition to the consecration of homosexuals and women as bishops.
Archbishop Valentino Mokiwa told The Citizen yesterday that the practice that threatens to tear apart the Anglican faithful resulted from what he termed ”a leadership failure at Canterbury”, headquarters of the church.
He also said he would not support the proposed ordination of women as bishops during his leadership as the head of the Anglican faithful in Tanzania.
He also denied during the interview that there was a physical split of membership in the Church over homosexuality.
He said the final decision would be reached at the coming Lamberth conference.
Dr Mokiwa said the Global Anglican Future Conference (GAFCON) that Tanzania is part of, is meant to bring churches in the developing world together but not to break them away from Canterbury.
”It is not a breakaway church but we decided to come together because we were uncomfortable with the state of communion,” he said.
God bless and keep +Valentine Mokiwa.
Are there a lot of homosexuals up for consecration in Tanzania? Or is the issue about showing what they have in common with the Animists or Muslims?
Hope this helps them preach the good news.