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April 24 2023 By dvirtue Anglican Church in Uganda hailed for breaking away from Church of England

"We are talking about people from the West, who have come to erode our values and identity. We commend those who went to Kigali and still talked against gay activities. We pray for them to continue being spiritually sensitive and know what they are supposed to do for the church to remain firm and focused," he said.

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April 24 2023 By dvirtue Anglican: 5; Presbyterians:0 - Dioceses of Rocky Mountains and C4SO

The "battle" culminated in a 38-year-old Presbyterian pastor confronting an Anglican bishop nearly twice his age to ask why the bishop hadn't informed the Presbyterians that the Anglicans were making off with two of the Presbyterians' prized Seattle congregations.

And it's continuing with an unusual open plea from the Presbyterians about a "famine" of pastors for one of the country's most unchurched regions.

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April 21 2023 By dvirtue Lambeth Palace statement on GAFCON IV Kigali Commitment

"At the ACC-18 meeting -- which was attended by primates, bishops, clergy and laity from 39 of the 42 Anglican provinces -- there was widespread support for working together patiently and constructively to review the Instruments of Communion, so that our differences and disagreements can be held together in unity and fellowship.

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April 21 2023 By dvirtue GAFCON IV -- The Kigali Commitment

Our conference theme for 2023 'To Whom Shall We Go?' (John 6:68), along with our Bible studies in the Letter to the Colossians, focused our attention on Jesus, the one in whom all the fullness of God dwells in bodily form, the Lord of all creation and the head of his body, the church (Colossians 1:15-19; 2:9).

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April 20 2023 By dvirtue Global Anglicans: Establish Faithful Ministry for those Outside of Canterbury

"We seek to shape our lives around the scriptures, rather than the scriptures around our lives," described the Rev. Calvin Robinson, a deacon in the Free Church in England, in offering an update during The Global Anglican Future Conference (GAFCON) Tuesday evening plenary. Robinson was among several delegates from Anglican churches not officially recognized by the Archbishop of Canterbury that minister in the British Isles and continental Europe.

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April 19 2023 By dvirtue Global Anglicans: Establish Faithful Ministry for those Outside of Canterbury

GAFCON was inaugurated in 2008 as a fellowship of many disparate groups seeking reform and renewal within the family of churches descended from the missionary activities of the Church of England.

Sometimes perceived as a fellowship of nine Anglican Provinces (national churches in Anglican parlance), GAFCON is, in fact, a wider Anglican renewal movement gathered this week in Kigali, Rwanda.

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April 19 2023 By dvirtue GLOBAL SOUTH IS AN ECCLESIAL BODY, GAFCON IS A MOVEMENT

But there is another equally, if not more pressing, question inextricably linked to the first. It was the question raised in the GAFCON assembly for clergy and laity today: What is our hope for the Anglican Communion? Among the answers given were:

That we would be a growing global fellowship of mutually accountable followers of Jesus under the authority of Scripture who spread the Gospel of Jesus

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April 09 2023 By dvirtue Archbishop Welby calls for prayers for Evan Gershkovich

The Wall Street Journal's Evan Gershkovich was detained in Russia on March 29 while on a reporting trip and accused of spying, making him the first American journalist detained in Russia on espionage charges since the Cold War. The Journal vehemently denies the allegations against him and has called for his immediate release, as have President Biden and government and media leaders around the globe.

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April 08 2023 By dvirtue KENYA: Anglican Bishop Caught in Money-Laundering Scandal

"That is not true, I think the officer's lacked intelligence or they were just trying to cover up something else. We all love money, if I had such powers why would I be toiling like any other people," said Kodia.

When the bishop visited Nairobi on missionary work, police combed his house in search of evidence.

"They told them (my family) that I'm printing fake money and I have been dishing them out to demonstrators, mostly the boda boda riders," said Kodia.

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April 07 2023 By dvirtue UGANDA: ARCHBISHOP STEPHEN KAZIIMBA'S 2023 EASTER MESSAGE

If we really feared this God who rose from the dead to empower us, we would not steal things that do not belong to us. We would not demand bribes, nor offer bribes. We would not take iron sheets we know were intended for the under-served in Karamoja. We would not steal things from people who have even less than us. How can you steal from your brother or sister when you fear God? It's not possible.

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