Tanzania Will Reveal True Anglican ‘Communion’
All eyes are on Dar Es Salaam in Tanzania this week, as the worldwide Anglican Communion comes together for a summit which could see the Communion splinter amid the continuing row over homosexuality in the Church.
by Jennifer Gold
Posted: Thursday, February 15, 2007

All eyes are on Dar Es Salaam in Tanzania this week, as the worldwide Anglican Communion comes together for a summit which could see the Communion splinter amid the continuing row over homosexuality in the Church.

Standing in one corner is one woman who has certainly flamed the fires of debate since she was appointed as the first-ever female leader of the American Episcopal Church (ECUSA). Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori has outraged traditionalists within the Church with the outspoken manner in which she has firmly backed same-sex unions and gay clergy. Even more extraordinarily for a Christian leader, she even clearly stated in one interview that she did not believe that Jesus was the only way people can go to God.

The result of such comments? Hundreds of churches in the Episcopal Church have walked out on her leadership, and found solace in a man opposing the liberal agenda picked up by Bishop Schori. Nigerian Archbishop Peter Akinola, a firm believer in the traditional faith as observed in the Church for centuries, has spoken out with equal clarity against same-sex unions. the rest