South Sudan Anglican Church rejects tribalism and homosexuality
Tuesday 17 October 2006
By Manyang Mayom
Oct 16, 2006 (RUMBEK) — The Anglican Church of Sudan said preferring to establish its own hierarchy in the country in a manner to mark its distance from other reformist churches for tribalism and their practices of homosexuality and abortion.
The Archbishop of Anglican Church of Sudan, in South Sudan Rt. Rev most Archbishop Abraham Mayom Athiaan told the Sudan Tribune “We, the bishops together with our congregation of the Anglican church of the Sudan (ACS) strongly condemn the practice of homosexuality, abortion which is being practiced in Episcopal Church of Sudan (ECS) leaderships.
“This was one of the main causes of the split”, he added in an interview from Rumbek.
The Archbishop also criticised the tribalism and the bad administration in the other reformist church.
”We left Episcopal Church of Sudan (ECS) due to bad administration, lack of equal development in all the regions and practicing of tribalism among the people of Sudan”. He further said that the luck of good governance, democracy, Church norms and good conduct motivated their decision to split. the rest
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