Central African Anglicans Reject Leadership of Pro-Gay Bishop in Malawi
Saturday, Dec. 3, 2005
Posted: 11:44:05PM EST

A bishop supporting homosexual rights has been rejected as a top leader in the Anglican Church in Malawi.

On Friday, the Anglican Church of Central Africa released a statement following a special church court of confirmation dealing with the objection of the Anglican Church in Malawi against the appointment of the liberal British vicar Nicholas Henderson as the country’s three bishops, according to Reuters.

The Central Africa Province includes Botswana, Malawi, Zambia, and Zimbabwe, with over 600,000 members. In Malawi, there are three dioceses – Lake Malawi, Northern Malawi and Southern Malawi – with the Diocese of Birmingham in England as their companions.

"The court declined to confirm Reverend Nicholas Henderson as bishop of the Lake Malawi diocese on grounds that ... (his) active association as general secretary of the Modern Church People's Union made him unsuitable for confirmation," the statement read, as reported by Reuters. The rest