GLOBAL SOUTH ACTS ON ALTERNATIVE PRIMATIAL OVERSIGHT
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Report from:
Global South Steering Committee Meeting, Nov 15-17, 2006 The Global South Steering Committee, at the request of the Global SouthPrimates, recently met with bishops and representatives of eight AnglicanCommunion Network Dioceses who have appealed to the Archbishop of
Canterbury and the Global South Primates for various forms of Alternative
Primatial Oversight. Representatives of other Windsor-compliant Dioceses
and the more than one hundred congregations that are now separated from
the Episcopal Church also joined us.Respective presentations were received expressing the increasingly difficultand, in some cases, untenable situations in which they attempt to live outapostolic faith and historic order. We were distressed to hear of thelegalistic and autocratic environment in which some now find themselves asthey seek to remain faithful Anglicans within The Episcopal Church.The Steering Committee will be making its report and recommendation to theGlobal South Primates when they next meet and will also be sharing them withthe Archbishop of Canterbury. Deeply touched by the oftentimes painful andgravely disconcerting testimonies that we heard, the Global South SteeringCommittee feels morally and spiritually compelled to reassert its deepestsolidarity with these orthodox and faithful bishops and representatives.We express our unequivocal support and heartfelt recognition for their faithful
stand and struggles. We urge all faithful members and parishes of these
concerned dioceses to remain steadfast in their commitment to Christ as our
one and only Lord and Savior during these turbulent days. We will do all in
our power to bring about the desired outcome of the Windsor process so that
the refined global Anglican Communion can be faithful to its vocation as part
of the One, Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church.
Friday 17 November 2006
Wednesday 1 November 2006
CHRISTIAN LEADERS VISIT SULTAN'S PALACE
CHRISTIAN LEADERS VISIT SULTAN'S PALACE
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Peter Onwubuariri,
Abuja, Nov. 1, 2006- A delegation of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) Tuesday paid a condolence visit to the Sultanate Council in Sokoto following the death of Alhaji Mohammed Maccido, who died with his two sons in the ill-fated ADC Flight 053.
The delegation which was led by the National President of CAN, The Most Rev Peter Akinola arrived the palace of the late Sultan at about noon yesterday.
The delegation included the National CAN Secretary, Engr. Samuel Salifu, Anglican Bishop of Kubwa, The Rt. Rev Simon Bala, Catholic Bishop of Sokoto, The Rt. Rev Kelvin Aje and Bishop Augustine Omole of Sokoto diocese (Anglican Communion).
Others are Dr Haruna Karakou, CAN Secretary Sokoto State branch and a woman representative Mrs. Cecilia Esueme.
Speaking on behalf of the delegates, Archbishop Peter Akinola described the Sultan as a good and patient man who worked for peace during his lifetime.
In 2005, the CAN President and the Sultan, spiritual leader of Muslims in the country co-chaired the Federal Government Committee on the Tsunami Disaster.
According to Akinola, the Sultan had a fatherly figure that greatly endeared him to most people that came in contact with him.
Responding Governor Attahiru Bafarawa of Sokoto State acknowledged that the late Sultan was committed to the on-going dialogue on the peaceful co-existence between Christians and Muslims in the country and pleaded that his legacy should be bequeathed to all men of goodwill.
Engr. Samuel Salifu, CAN Secretary, who traveled ahead of the CAN delegation to Sokoto, said Christians in the state were grieved over the death of the sultan, members of his families and other citizens of the state killed in the plane crash.
According to him, the state Christian community revered the late Sultan as ‘a man of peace’ and is praying that his successor would maintain his belief on the peaceful co-existence of both faiths in the country.
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Peter Onwubuariri,
Abuja, Nov. 1, 2006- A delegation of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) Tuesday paid a condolence visit to the Sultanate Council in Sokoto following the death of Alhaji Mohammed Maccido, who died with his two sons in the ill-fated ADC Flight 053.
The delegation which was led by the National President of CAN, The Most Rev Peter Akinola arrived the palace of the late Sultan at about noon yesterday.
The delegation included the National CAN Secretary, Engr. Samuel Salifu, Anglican Bishop of Kubwa, The Rt. Rev Simon Bala, Catholic Bishop of Sokoto, The Rt. Rev Kelvin Aje and Bishop Augustine Omole of Sokoto diocese (Anglican Communion).
Others are Dr Haruna Karakou, CAN Secretary Sokoto State branch and a woman representative Mrs. Cecilia Esueme.
Speaking on behalf of the delegates, Archbishop Peter Akinola described the Sultan as a good and patient man who worked for peace during his lifetime.
In 2005, the CAN President and the Sultan, spiritual leader of Muslims in the country co-chaired the Federal Government Committee on the Tsunami Disaster.
According to Akinola, the Sultan had a fatherly figure that greatly endeared him to most people that came in contact with him.
Responding Governor Attahiru Bafarawa of Sokoto State acknowledged that the late Sultan was committed to the on-going dialogue on the peaceful co-existence between Christians and Muslims in the country and pleaded that his legacy should be bequeathed to all men of goodwill.
Engr. Samuel Salifu, CAN Secretary, who traveled ahead of the CAN delegation to Sokoto, said Christians in the state were grieved over the death of the sultan, members of his families and other citizens of the state killed in the plane crash.
According to him, the state Christian community revered the late Sultan as ‘a man of peace’ and is praying that his successor would maintain his belief on the peaceful co-existence of both faiths in the country.
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