Anglicans Begin The Long Anticipated Divorce Over Same Sex Unions, Ordination of Gays...

May 9, 2023

By Tom Osanjo

“What this means is that we are now going to have two Communions of Anglicans going forward, the Global South Anglicans who are keeping to the teachings of the scripture and the Global North Anglicans who are preaching and practicing a watered-down gospel.”

This is how Rev. Tom Otieno, the Vicar of Saint Barnabas Anglican Church of Kenya in Nairobi explained the latest schism in the church, which looked unresolvable after the meeting of the Global Anglican Future Conference (Gafcon in Kigali, Rwanda in late April).

“We no longer recognise the leadership of the Rt. Rev. Justin Welby as the head of the Anglican Church and I believe we are soon going to announce the new headquarters of the Global South church,” Rev. Otieno added.

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