A South African woman has been elected as the second female Anglican bishop in Africa. Canon Margaret Vertue, the senior priest in a diocese which includes most of the poorer suburbs of greater Cape Town, was elected bishop of the Diocese of False Bay on Wednesday (3 October).
05 October 2012
This was a wonderful meeting for giving legs to our discussions’ said Anglican Archbishop Thabo Makgoba on Friday. ‘We’ve talked the talk about vision, mission, and priorities; we’ve talked about theology and serving God’s world. Now we’re getting on with walking the walk.’
02 October 2012
The Archbishop of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa, the Most Revd. Thabo Cecil Makgoba, has issued a statement encouraging prayer and participation in the Anglicans Ablaze Conference to be held in Johannesburg in October this year.
01 August 2012
The Revd Ellinah Ntombi Wamukoya yesterday became the bishop-elect of Swaziland and the first woman bishop in the 12 Anglican Provinces across Africa. It is thought she is only the second bishop elected in a mainline church on the continent.
19 July 2012
It is a great pleasure to announce that the first woman bishop has been elected for the Diocese of Swaziland and in the Anglican Church of Southern Africa
19 July 2012
Dear People of God...On the day of Pentecost, recently celebrated, St Peter recalled words of the prophet Joel, and God’s promise that where he pours out his Spirit, our sons and daughters will prophecy, our young men – and, I’m sure, young women also
28 June 2012
The Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town today called on the South African Government to increase its efforts to promote a solution to the violence in Syria.
08 June 2012
The Most Revd Dr Thabo Makgoba, Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town, and Kgosi Leruo T Molotlegi, King of the Royal Bafokeng Nation, will this week present proposals for a new initiative, called ‘Winds of Change’, in Addis Ababa at the Africa Summit of the World Economic Forum.
09 May 2012
I wish you a blessed and joyful Easter! Jesus Christ, the Lamb of God, has taken away the sins of the world – by his death he has destroyed death, and by his rising he has restored us to eternal life.
17 April 2012
The Most Revd Dr Thabo Makgoba, Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town has written to the Most Revd Dr Daniel Deng Bul Yak, Archbishop of the Episcopal Church of the Sudan, expressing the support of his church in the light of increasing tension and violence between Sudan and South Sudan.
16 April 2012