{"id":1527,"date":"2007-08-24T14:53:01","date_gmt":"2007-08-24T14:53:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/127.0.0.1\/site\/2017\/2\/1985\/the_church_times_story_on_martyn_minns_and_peter_akinola\/"},"modified":"2007-08-24T14:53:01","modified_gmt":"2007-08-24T14:53:01","slug":"the_church_times_story_on_martyn_minns_and_peter_akinola","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=1527","title":{"rendered":"The Church Times Story on Martyn Minns and Peter Akinola"},"content":{"rendered":"

In response to this story<\/a>, we have the following from Greg Griffith<\/a>:<\/p>\n

– Archbishop Akinola was in Virginia last week, when the statement was released. He and Minns spent much time together. It is entirely possible that +Akinola was using Minns’ computer to compose his statement. It is more likely that +Akinola was dictating the statement to Minns. It is far more likely that +Akinola was giving shape and form to the statement, while relying on Minns for the exact wording… in other words, exactly what a trusted confidant and Assistant Secretary of the Global South Steering Committee is for. Surely Jim Naughton, as a diocesan communications director who has no doubt ghost-written more than a few of John Chane’s statements, understands how that works.<\/p>\n

– Any notion – asserted both by [Father]Jake and [Jjim] Naughton – that Martyn Minns “pulled one over” on Archbishop Akinola is absurd. There is simply no way the Anglican Church of Nigeria released a statement that was not approved by +Akinola.<\/p>\n

– The idea – also asserted both by [Father]Jake and [Jim] Naughton – that Peter Akinola doesn’t possess the intellectual acumen or the command of the English language to compose “Agonizing Journey,” is equally absurd, and tinged with more than a touch of racism. The archbishop is a highly educated man (master’s degree from Virginia Theological Seminary) and is quite articulate.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The important point about the article is that the author has raced to a conclusion without evidence. If I have a word document on my computer written by Bishop Salmon with changes in it (if the Word software indicates so), the changes were made on my computer but by whom they were made is still not known.<\/b> Indeed, on a number of occasions Bishop Salmon has called me and made changes to the document with me on the phone. He was speaking, and I was typing. Yes, you guessed it, this has happened on a number of occasions. I can think of several where both Bishop Salmon and Bishop Skilton made multiple changes to the final text, which of course they both then signed. Every change came through my computer, but was made by them because they were concerned about every word. This is called care and collaboration, and it happens all over the church all the time–KSH<\/i>.<\/p>\n

Update<\/b>: Ekklesia [U.K., not to be confused with the U.S. version]<\/a> has a piece on this which goes even farther over the top.<\/p>\n

Further Update<\/b>: Don’t miss the press release from The Venerable AkinTunde Popoola, Director of Communications for the Church of Nigeria, below in the comments (#41)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In response to this story, we have the following from Greg Griffith: – Archbishop Akinola was in Virginia last week, when the statement was released. He and Minns spent much time together. It is entirely possible that +Akinola was using…<\/span><\/p>\n

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