The Revd Dr Leon Spencer who has served as Corresponding Secretary for the African Network of Institutions of Theological Education Preparing Anglicans for Ministry (ANITEPAM) has returned to USA and whilst he will continue his work with the organisation, the Network is looking for a successor to Dr Spencer who will be Africa-based.
19 December 1996
Some 20 African Church leaders met near Johannesburg in November to discuss African culture and Anglican liturgy. It was the second conference on this subject in three years, both of them organised in association with the Council of Anglican Provinces of Africa (CAPA).
19 December 1996
Church Mission Society mission partners working in north-eastern Zaïre are determined to stay as long as possible, despite personal risk and growing catastrophe in the region as three warring factions battle for control.
14 November 1996
A priest from Birmingham diocese is keeping 40 day vigil on bread and water outside the British Foreign Office in London from 26 September until 5 November to urge the British Government to help with a peace settlement in the Sudan after 40 years of war in the country.
06 November 1996
Kenya's President, Daniel arap Moi, has made his most scathing attack yet on Kenya's Church leaders, describing the National Council of Churches of Kenya (NCCK) as "subversive organisation Number 1".
07 October 1996
The President of Botswana, Quett Ketumile Masire, declared September as a month of prayer to mobilise Christians in support of HIV/Aids prevention and care.
07 October 1996
Rev Dr Richard Rodgers Secretary of Light and Hope for Sudan is Keeping a 40 day vigil on bread and water outside the Foreign Office in London from Thursday 26th September to 5th November requesting a British government initiative to settle the 40 years of misery and war in the Sudan.
27 September 1996
After days of cold rain and high wind the sun came out on a perfect spring day in Capetown for the Enthronement of the Bishop of Kimberley and Kuruman as the new Archbishop of Capetown and Primate of the Anglican church of the Province of Southern Africa.
27 September 1996
Holy Cross Day, Saturday 14th September 1996 in the Cathedral of St George the Martyr, Cape Town... I greet you all in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. I am deeply humbled and greatly overwhelmed by the confidence that the Diocese of Cape Town and the Church of the Province of Southern Africa have placed in me.
24 September 1996
The Anglican Church of Uganda has added its voice to the chorus of protests against lottery games sanctioned by the Ugandan Government. The Church said the lottery games, which have recently come to dominate public life in this east African country, were corrupting Ugandan society.
02 September 1996