Anglican Heads Prepare for a Make-or-Break
By Lillian Kwon
Christian Post Reporter
Mon, Feb. 12 2007

Most Anglican bishops in the Global South have already expressed their firm stance against homosexuality and made a call to resolve the issue soon. But the head of southern Africa is arguing for harmony and acceptance.

Archbishop Njongonkulu Ndungane described the 77-million member Anglican Communion as a place of tolerance.

"The marks of our church are grace, tolerance and living with difference," he told the New York Times. "We need to make a distinction between issues that are fundamental to the faith and second-order issues. This is not a church-dividing issue."

Many on the African continent, however, say the issue of homosexuality must be resolved before the decennial Lambeth Conference in 2008. And the issue may soon determine the split or continuing communion of the Church of Nigeria, reportedly the largest Anglican province. the rest