Council of Anglican Provinces of Africa (CAPA

Church of Nigeria Officials

General Synod Representatives

Jesus said: Go...make disciples of all nations, baptizing them..., teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, to the close of the age." Matt.28: 19-20

 

 

 

GLOBAL SOUTH ACTS ON ALTERNATIVE PRIMATIAL OVERSIGHT   

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Report from: 

 

Global South Steering Committee Meeting, Nov 15-17, 2006
 
The Global South Steering Committee, at the request of the Global South
Primates, recently met with bishops and representatives of eight Anglican
Communion Network Dioceses who have appealed to the Archbishop of

Canterbury and the Global South Primates for various forms of Alternative

Primatial Oversight. Representatives of other Windsor-compliant Dioceses

and the more than one hundred congregations that are now separated from

the Episcopal Church also joined us.

Respective presentations were received expressing the increasingly difficult
and, in some cases, untenable situations in which they attempt to live out
apostolic faith and historic order. We were distressed to hear of the
legalistic and autocratic environment in which some now find themselves as
they seek to remain faithful Anglicans within The Episcopal Church.

The Steering Committee will be making its report and recommendation to the
Global South Primates when they next meet and will also be sharing them with
the Archbishop of Canterbury. Deeply touched by the oftentimes painful and
gravely disconcerting testimonies that we heard, the Global South Steering
Committee feels morally and spiritually compelled to reassert its deepest
solidarity with these orthodox and faithful bishops and representatives.

We express our unequivocal support and heartfelt recognition for their faithful

stand and struggles. We urge all faithful members and parishes of these

concerned dioceses to remain steadfast in their commitment to Christ as our

one and only Lord and Savior during these turbulent days.  We will do all in

our power to bring about the desired outcome of the Windsor process so that

the refined global Anglican Communion can be faithful to its vocation as part

of the One, Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church.
 

Archbishop Peter Akinola of Nigeria is the current President of the Global South Steering Committee.