ENS: TANZANIA: Central Tanganyika bishop questions legitimacy of singling out the Episcopal Church
Thursday, February 08, 2007

[Episcopal News Service] Tanzanian Bishop Mdimi Mhogolo of the Dodoma-based Diocese of Central Tanganyika, in January 26 Epiphany letter, has acknowledged that not all the Tanzanian bishops are of one mind and he questions the legitimacy of singling out the Episcopal Church on matters of human sexuality when the issues permeate throughout "all of our development and mission partners," he said.

The letter was in part a response to the Tanzanian House of Bishops December 7, 2006 statement that declared the province in a state of "impaired" communion with the Episcopal Church in light of recent actions of General Convention and its response to the Windsor Report, which the statement called a "failure to register honest repentance for their actions that were contrary to the dictates of Holy Scripture..."

"The way we do God's mission is to strategize our mission and then look for resources for the mission," Mhogolo said in his letter. "The recruitment of people, both within and outside the country becomes part of our efforts in realizing God's mission. The material funding for God's mission impacts our goal to see God's mission is well resourced. [The Episcopal Church] with its relief and development agencies is only a small part of our funding and partnership organizations." the rest