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New Election Procedures for Kenya's Anglican Church

New Election Procedures for Kenya's Anglican Church

The Church of the Province of Kenya [CPK] is to undergo major administrative changes among them the change of name and the election procedure for Bishops.

30 January 1998

Churches' call fro post-poll peace in Kenya

Churches' call fro post-poll peace in Kenya

(ENI) Roman Catholic and Protestant church leaders in Kenya have urged the country's opposition parties to accept the result of December's parliamentary and presidential elections in which the incumbent president and his ruling party were returned to power, despite the many economic and social problems the country faces.

23 January 1998

Primate speaks of an Episcopal Church of Africa

Primate speaks of an Episcopal Church of Africa

(ENI) One of Africa's leading Anglican churchmen has called for a single Anglican Church to unite all of Africa's Anglicans.

23 January 1998

Archbishop's Address to the Diplomatic Community in Addis Ababa

Archbishop's Address to the Diplomatic Community in Addis Ababa

May I begin this address by thanking you for the invitation and this opportunity to address you. I am most grateful to the Economic Commission of Africa and His Excellency Mr K.Y. Amoako, for hosting this event, and for the great privilege of speaking to you in this historic building. If there are any who question why a religious leader from Britain should have the temerity to address a secular gathering of this nature. I hope the reason will become clear as my concerns come through my speech.

23 January 1998

Ecumenical Peace Centres Proposed for Churches in Sudan

Ecumenical Peace Centres Proposed for Churches in Sudan

Churches operating in the southern Sudan plan to initiate and promote ecumenical peace centres to propagate peace and justice issues among local Christians.

22 December 1997

Archbishop Ndungane speaks out against death penalty

Archbishop Ndungane speaks out against death penalty

The Archbishop of Cape Town, the Most Revd Njongonkulu Ndungane, gave the opening address to the hearing on the death penalty organised by Amnesty International this week.

22 December 1997

Religious Leaders Caution Kenyan Electorate

Religious Leaders Caution Kenyan Electorate

Church leaders in Kenya have called on the electorate to participate fully in the general elections on 29 December and disregard those calling for a boycott.

22 December 1997

South African Primate assures Mrs Mandela of Prayers

South African Primate assures Mrs Mandela of Prayers

Mrs Winnie Madikizela-Mandela has been assured of the pastoral support of the Anglican Church and of the prayers of the Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town, the Most Revd Njongonkulu Ndungane.

05 December 1997

Women's Theological Consultation

Women's Theological Consultation

The Revd Chad Gandiya, Chairperson of the Governing Council of ANITEPAM (the African Network of Institutions of Theological Education Preparing Anglicans for Ministry) has announced that Harare in Zimbabwe will be the venue of a consultation for African women in theological education in January 1998.

05 December 1997

Churches Confess Complicity with Apartheid

Churches Confess Complicity with Apartheid

No church in South Africa is exempt from the duty to confess its actions under apartheid, according to Desmond Tutu, Anglican Archbishop Emeritus of Cape Town and now chairman of the nation's official Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), which is investigating gross human rights violations committed during the apartheid regime.

25 November 1997