News Archive, September 2005

    
 
      
 
Thursday 29th September 2005 

                         SOUTHERN CONE PRIMATE ACCEPTS REJECTED BISHOP AND CLERGY
“The ongoing conflict between the conservative evangelical Diocese of Recife and the liberal Igreja Episcopal Anglicana do Brasil took a significant turn today when The Most Revd Gregory Venables, Primate of the Southern Cone of America extended recognition and protection in the unprecedented action of the Brazilian province to defrock and excommunicate the Bishop of Recife and 40 clergy earlier this year.  
Click the image to read Archbishop Venables’ letter (110kb PDF.)
Personal letters of recognition were delivered Tuesday evening at the Cathedral Church of the Good Samaritan at an extraordinary diocesan meeting.  Canon Bill Atwood, spokesman for Archbishop Venables said,
“Although there is a Panel of Reference that has been created to deal with exactly this sort of theological disagreement, the slow pace at which the Panel has been moving has left Bishop Cavalcanti and his clergy vulnerable.  All the institutional power has been in the hands of the Province.   These letters and licenses from the Primate of the Southern Cone are intended to bring some stability to the situation and to make it clear that many leaders around the world do not accept the actions of the Brazilian Province in attempting to eject the Bishop and clergy from the Anglican Communion.”
Earlier this year, Bishop Robinson Cavalcanti was deposed by the Province.  Although the action was rejected as illegitimate by a number of Archbishops, the Brazilian province went on to “excommunicate” forty members of the clergy who agree theologically with Bishop Cavalcanti.  The forty clergy represent about 90% of the clergy in the diocese and lead about 90% of the church members.  
The action to recognize the bishop and clergy in the neighbouring province is unusual in the Anglican world, because the norm has been for authority to be centralized geographically.  The decision of the Episcopal Church in the USA (ECUSA) to install an openly active homosexual candidate as a bishop and the same-sex blessings in the Anglican Church of Canada have resulted in similar actions from many of the Archbishops of the Anglican Communion.  Today, scores of churches in the USA look overseas for recognition and spiritual counsel.  The action in Recife is the first time that the bishop and clergy of a diocese in conflict with their Province have received recognition from another part of the Anglican Communion.  In the US, however, the Diocese of Fort Worth and other traditionalist dioceses have appealed to the Panel of Reference because their conservative stance has been rejected by the American Church leadership and made it impossible for a like-minded successor bishop to be approved by the current national structure.  
Following the clergy meeting, Canon Atwood toured projects of the Diocese of Recife where the church is working in the slums and even in the garbage dump. “It is amazing,” said Canon Atwood, “The bishop and clergy of Recife have been tremendously effective in bringing practical care and the Good News of Jesus Christ to people who live with little hope.  Today as we toured the slums it was obvious which of the children in House of Hope were newcomers.  The ones who have been there for a while are robustly more healthy, smiling, laughing, and outgoing.  This is the ministry of the Gospel that must go on.  It is and should remain Anglican even if the Province of Brazil no longer recognizes it..”
Press release from Recife. 
Wednesday 28th September 2005 

                         “Anglican leadership in Iraq feared dead”
“The entire lay leadership team of the main Anglican church in Iraq is presumed to have been killed after they failed to return from a church conference in Jordan, according to sources in Iraq.
A team of five Iraqi-born Anglicans including the lay pastor and his deputy, should have returned two weeks ago from the conference...”
Read the full story from Times Online.
Wednesday 28th September 2005 

                         “Face to Face” returns to Network Ten
“Face to Face, TEN’s late night Christian talk show returns to the Network  next Wednesday night after midnight. (Airing at 1:30am, Thursdays from  October 6th)
Now in its third series, Face to Face is hosted by Rev Karl Faase, Senior  Minister at Gymea Baptist Church, Sydney and produced by Martin Johnson for  Christian Television, Australia.
‘It’s a bit like a Christian version of the “Parkinson Show”,’ said Karl. ‘Each show features two guests whom I interview separately and then we’re joined by Richard Quadrio who attempts to link the various subjects we’ve  spoken about back to the Bible. Usually that’s not too difficult because all  of our guests have great stories of coming to faith,’ said Karl.”
From a CTA press release. See the programme’s website here.
Tuesday 27th September 2005 

                         “Recife row”
“‘We all are waiting on the Panel of Reference’. There ‘does not seem to be any hope for us or for any church or diocese in the Communion’ unless they act, he said.”
“Evangelical Anglicans in a Brazilian diocese continued to appeal to the Archbishop of Canterbury in a bitter dispute with their provincial authorities after contradictory rulings by civil courts. The diocese of Recife is putting its hopes into the hands of Dr Williams’ Panel of Reference which was recently established to mediate in such divisive situations...”
From The Church of England Newspaper.
Monday 26th September 2005 

                         “The Calling of the Church” – Jim Packer
“What I have for you this time around, brothers and sisters, is a simple Bible study. Woe betide the theologian who gets beyond simple Bible study!  
Though the first letter of Peter doesn’t contain the word ‘church’ – not, at least in the Greek – (it got into the NRSV right at the end but it’s not there in the Greek), it does contain a lot of phrases which point to the Church and the whole letter is an admonition, or an encouragement rather, to the Church to brace the Lord’s people in all the various churches to which Peter was writing, to stand strong, to stand straight and to stand together in the hard times that were just beginning to break...”
Not news – but a Bible study from Dr. J.I. Packer – delivered at Oak Hill College in London in 1999.
Saturday 24th September 2005 

                         “Gay Men Ponder Impact of Proposal by Vatican”
“Word that the Vatican is likely to issue instructions soon that could bar most gay men from joining the priesthood has set off a wave of anger and sadness among some gay priests and seminarians who say they may soon have to decide whether to stay or leave, to remain silent or to speak out...”
Story from The New York Times.
 

                         “An Open Letter from the Archbishop of Nigeria to his Fellow Anglican Leaders”
“I am writing to you in anticipation of two important gatherings that will take place in the next few weeks the CAPA Primates’ meeting in Dar es Salaam and the South/South Encounter that will take place in Egypt. These are important opportunities for us to meet, pray, and take counsel together as we seek to remain faithful followers of Christ during these challenging days.
As you may know we have just completed the General Synod of the Church of Nigeria during which we were privileged to welcome Archbishop Yong Ping Chung as an honoured guest. We also took a number of actions to clarify our commitment to the apostolic faith including amending our constitution. As you well know there are those who will seek to distort our intentions and I wanted to be sure that you heard from me before we meet face to face...”
Read the full letter at VirtueOnline.
 

                         “Roman Catholic Church Throws Down Gauntlet on Gay Priests
piscopalians, Presbyterians, Lutherans and Baptists head in opposite direction”
“The Roman Catholic Church which is struggling to extricate itself from priestly pedophile scandals that has cost the church tens of millions of dollars in lawsuits is moving quickly to eliminate from its 229 seminaries, men who have engaged in homosexual activity and those with ‘strong homosexual inclinations’.
Pope Benedict XVI has given his approval to a new Vatican policy document that bans men with homosexual tendencies from being ordained as priests, reports Catholic World News...”
News analysis from VirtueOnline.
Sunday 18th September 2005 

                         Pray for the Diocese of North West Australia 
We’re a little late in linking to the DNWA website – their “North West Network” for August and their Prayer Notes for August–September have been online for a little while – but it’s not too late to pray (or give!).
Bishop David Mulready writes, 
“What a great ministry Christian retirees can have, in their local Church as well as in the North West. Periodically, we have some travelling through our Diocese, known as ‘Nomads’. They serve the Lord in so many different ways: some preach and lead services, some paint and do carpentry, some help out for a while with financial and other administrative matters. Some stay for just a couple of weeks, some for some months. We have a great need for these kind of partners! Let me encourage retirees who think they could serve the Lord in this way, to contact The Bush Church Aid Society (02 9262 5017) or our own Diocesan office for further information....
We’d ... love to employ a full time Minister in the twin towns of Paraburdoo/Tom Price but need another $20,000 p.a. to do so. I have young Ministers eager to serve, but I don’t have the funds to employ them.” (Emphasis added.)
The DNWA website is here. And his column in Perth’s Anglican Messenger may be found here.
Friday 16th September 2005 

                         “Church of England evangelicals back deposed Brazilian priests and bishop” – call to Panel of Reference
“THIRTY-SEVEN evangelical clergy who have been excommunicated in Brazil received support this week from the Church of England Evangelical Council. A statement from the English body called on the Archbishop of Canterbury’s Panel of Reference to investigate the situation “as a matter of urgency.’ ”
Story from the Church of England Newspaper.
Friday 16th September 2005 

                         “Church  of Nigeria Redefines Anglican Communion”
“With a careful rewording of her constitution, the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) redefined her relationship with all other Anglican Churches.
All former references to ‘communion with the see of Canterbury’ were deleted and replaced with another provision of communion with all Anglican Churches, Dioceses and Provinces that hold and maintain the ‘Historic Faith, Doctrine, Sacrament and Discipline  of the one Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church’.
Emphasis was also placed on the 1662 version of the Book of Common Prayer and the historic Thirty-Nine Articles of Religion...”
Read the full press release from The Church of Nigeria.
hursday 15th September 2005 

                         “Statement of South/South Chairman Concerning the 3rd South/South Encounter In Alexandria, Egypt” – Archbishop Peter Akinola, Primate of Nigeria
“As Anglican delegates from the Dioceses and Provinces of the South-South in the countries of Africa, Asia and South America gather in Egypt for the 3rd Encounter, we noticed a great deal of speculative journalism is in circulation and needs immediate correction.
The South/South Encounter is a gathering of like-minded Anglicans who come together to fellowship, pray, and study the Word of God. We gather to share our experiences, encourage one another and seek ways of deepening our relationship with God and between ourselves. The Encounter is not a business meeting concerned with power, politics and other such mundane things which easily distract from set goals and objectives.
A lot of the misinformation has been due to the figment of imagination of protagonist wishing to introduce alien ideas into our historic faith. Some even go as far as to suggest it is a power tussle affair. This pitiful reasoning is far from our minds as we do not seek such.
It is pertinent to state that we are not concerned with power as being published in the media. Our major concern is  upholding the integrity and sanctity of the Word of God and the resolutions of the Lambeth Conference guiding the integrity of our common historic faith. Any person or Church disregarding or flouting these are the ones to do a rethink about their status within our worldwide Anglican family.
We encourage all delegates to come to Egypt prepared to fellowship in the presence of God.
Every blessing,
              
Signed:
The Most Revd. Peter J. Akinola, CON, DD
Archbishop, Metropolitan and Primate of All Nigeria.”
Archbishop Akinola’s statement was sourced here. (See one media report – of the kind to which the Archbishop may be reactiing – here.)
Thursday 15th September 2005 

                         “A Statement by the American Anglican Council in Response to the Inhibition of a Priest in the Episcopal Diocese of Kentucky”
“The Rt. Rev. Ted Gulick Jr., Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Kentucky, has joined a long line of bishops within the Episcopal Church USA who are misapplying and abusing canon law in order to take punitive action against clergy who oppose the Episcopal Church’s actions at General Convention 2003.  
The Diocese of Kentucky released a statement yesterday announcing that Bishop Gulick has issued an “inhibition” against the Rev. Kent Litchfield designed to prohibit him from performing the functions of his office as priest.  The bishop accused Father Litchfield of breaking church [canon] law by “abandoning the Communion of the Episcopal Church”, a provision reserved for clergy who leave the Episcopal Church to join a different denomination or religion, and a step usually accompanied by a renunciation of their Episcopal ordination vows...”
Read the full press release from The American Anglican Council. 
Monday 12th September 2005 

                         “Free at last, free at last”
“After five years in detention, a legal nobody in a quagmire of immigration law, Amir Mesrinejad has been released from Villawood Detention Centre.
The Iranian Christian and asylum seeker who came to the attention of the Australian public when it was revealed he faced the death penalty for his conversion if deported, has been released into the community...”
Great news from SydneyAnglicans.net. 
Saturday 10th September 2005 

                         “Anglican Church of Nigeria Synod Commences with 'The Body of Christ'”
“The Anglican Church of Nigeria’s 8th General Synod, to be led by one of Africa’s leading church figures, Archbishop Peter Akinola, starts Saturday in Onitsha under the motto of ‘The Body of Christ’...”
Story from Christian Today.
Saturday 10th September 2005 

                         “Judge Stops ‘Synod’ of Recife Dissidents” – Press Release from Recife
“In a new chapter of the tensions between the Brazilian Province and the Diocese of Recife, Judge Cátia Luciene Laranjeira de Sá, of the Pernambuco State Civil Court, ordered the suspension of a pretended “Synod” of the liberal dissidents, lead by Suffragan Bishop Filadelfo Oliveira Neto, which would include canonical reforms and ordinations. 
The pretended “Synod” was called for September 09th and 10th. The judge accepted the demand by lawyers Bruno Romero Pedrosa Monteiro and Felipe Costa Fontes – representing the Diocese (a legal entity with administrative, judicial and economic autonomy), that includes “deposed” bishop Robinson Cavalcanti and the 32 “excommunicated” clergy, that the Suffragan has “no right for convocation”, and that the Province and the Diocese must behave according their own rules: The Constitution and the Canons.
 
The question is that the pretended “XXIV Diocesan Synod” was called by the “XXIII Diocesan Synod” that met in December 2003, to take place in December 02nd-04th 2004, but suffered, the intent of prohibition by an “Episcopal Decree” issued by Brazilian Primate Orlando Oliveira with no constitutional or canonical support. The Synod assembly, unanimously decided to convene, and had its minutes registered in the official notary, being considered by the Brazilian Law “A Perfect Juridical Act”. So it would be impossible to have a meeting that already had happened.
 
The diocesan lawyers affirmed the lack of legal support for the convocation, and that the pretended “Synod”, could not be installed and deliberate without filling the required quorum, as established in the Diocesan Canons and Statutes.
 
Said, also, the lawyers in the Petition:
“From these facts all decisions or ordinations that comes from that meeting, a pseudo-synod formed by a dissident minority, without obey the Diocesan Institutions, against the majority of the Diocese, the Provincial and Diocesan Canons, and the Civil Law, is totally null, and cannot produce any effect and judicial sphere, for being against the canonical, the constitutional and the civil norms as well affected the social and judicial security of the country”.
 
For the Diocesan Press Secretary, the Revd. Estevao Menezes Chiappetta:
“The appeal to the Civil Court was imperative, by the reason that the Ecclesiastical Court, the House of Bishops and the Primate are all members of the same power group that exercise an authoritarian control of the provincial administration. Oppressed by the Church, we appealed to Caesar.”
 
Press Release from the Recife Diocesan Press Office
Friday 9th September 2005 

                         “Akinola blocks Brazil from Global South meeting”
“The Archbishop of Nigeria, Dr Peter Akinola, has excluded the Province of Brazil and its Archbishop, the Most Revd Orlando Santo de Olivera, from a meeting of Anglicans of the Global South to be held in Alexandria next month.
Archbishop Orlando dissociated his province from the actions of the Bishop of Recife, the Rt Revd Robinson Calvacanti, in taking part in irregular confirmations in Ohio in March 2004. Bishop Calvacanti was deposed and Recife appealed to the Archbishop of Canterbury’s Panel of Reference, but matters came to a head last week when the suffragan bishop of Recife, the Rt Revd Filadelfo Oliveira, deposed 32 clergy loyal to Bishop Calvacanti...”
Full story from The Church Times.(The Province of Brazil is the larger coloured collection of dioceses in the illustration, including Recife.)
Friday 9th September 2005 

                         “Embryo with two mothers approved”
“UK scientists have won permission to create a human embryo that will have genetic material from two mothers.
The Newcastle University team will transfer genetic material created when an egg and sperm fuse into another woman’s egg...”
Report from the BBC.
Thursday 8th September 2005 

                         “Tighten cloning definition, researchers urge”
“A committee examining the future of embryonic stem cell legislation has been told the legal definition of cloning should be tightened to stop a ban on human cloning from being circumvented.
Australian stem cell researchers have told Sydney hearings the change should accompany the removal of the current ban on what is known as therapeutic cloning...”
Full story from ABC News – including a quote from Andrew Cameron (pictured) from the Social Issues Executive. See also this SIC article about the Lockhart Review, noting that the closing date for submissions is Friday 9th September.
Thursday 8th September 2005 

                         “Hurricane Katrina Destroys New Orleans Days Before ‘Southern Decadence’ ”
“Just days before ‘Southern Decadence’, an annual homosexual celebration attracting tens of thousands of people to the French Quarters section of New Orleans, Hurricane Katrina destroys the city. 
‘Southern Decadence’ has a history of filling the French Quarters section of the city with drunken homosexuals engaging in sex acts in the public streets and bars. Last year, a local pastor sent video footage of sex acts being performed in front of police to the mayor, city council, and the media. City officials simply ignored the footage and continued to welcome and praise the weeklong celebration as being an ‘exciting event’. However, Hurricane Katrina has put an end to the annual celebration of sin....”
Last week’s press release from RepentAmerica.com. gives some food for thought. See also this piece from VirtueOnline.
Thursday 8th September 2005 

                         “Orlando pastor opens dog-friendly church”
“Margie Durney hadn’t attended church services in years, saying the decision was based in part because she dislikes leaving her Italian greyhound at home alone. An Orlando pastor has now developed an ideal solution. Once a month, the outreach church of the Apopka Assembly is open – only to dogs, with nondenominational services taking place at a pet spa on Orlando’s west side....”
If you really want to read more, it’s at the Sun-Sentinel in South Florida.
Monday 5th September 2005 

                         “KATRINA'S AFTERMATH: Churches take charge and care for survivors”
“Baton Rouge, which is about 80 miles from New Orleans, has doubled in size to almost 800,000, by most estimates. About 1,500 people attended a service at Istrouma, one of the biggest Southern Baptist churches in Baton Rouge.
...
‘I heard someone say this is hell on earth. Oh no! This is a picnic compared to hell. Let the storm be the best sermon you’ve ever heard.’ ...”
Story from the Detroit Free Press.
Sunday 4th September 2005 

                         “Churches ‘on road to doom if trends continue’ ”
“Britain’s Churches will be well on the way to extinction by 2040 with just two per cent of the population attending Sunday services, according to a new report.
If current trends continue, churchgoing will plummet by two thirds over the next three decades while Islam will mushroom, the statistical analysis by the Christian Research organisation says.
By 2040 there will be nearly twice as many Muslims at prayer in mosques on Friday as Christians worshipping on Sunday, it says...”
Story from the UK Telegraph. See also this opinion piece, “Farewell, Church of England?” by Peter Mullen.
Sunday 4th September 2005 

                         “You are inhuman, Akinola tells Obasanjo”
“Primate of the Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion, Most Rev. Peter Jasper Akinola, on Saturday looked President Olusegun Obasanjo in the face and told him that he was harsh and inhuman going by the policies of his administration.
Akinola who was delivering a sermon at the final church service for the late Madam Oyindamola Adenuga, mother of  Otunba Micheal Adenuga, chairman of Globacom,  at Saint John’s Anglican  Church, Ijebu-Igbo, Ogun State, said majority of Nigerians had been impoverished following the harsh policies of the Obasanjo administration.
The cleric who also chided the president for coming late to the service, 45 minutes behind schedule...”
From The Sunday Independent, Lagos.
Saturday 3rd September 2005 

                         Statement by Evangelist Billy Graham on Hurricane Katrina – Charlotte, N.C., Sept. 2, 2005
“The disaster of Hurricane Katrina may be the worst tragedy America has known since the Civil War.  The aftermath has almost been frightening.  Mayhem, looting, shooting, and raping on one hand – compassion on the other.  Millions of Americans, and millions of people in many countries abroad, want to help.  The tragedy is so overwhelming that it is beyond comprehension.  Yet it presents a challenge.  With the aid of modern technology it is possible to turn the tragedy into blessing.
I pray especially for the hundreds of thousands who have become refugees because of what has happened.  The flood of refugees may be one of the greatest challenges our society has ever faced.  It is clear that it will take years for thousands of lives to return to normal.  Once again, Americans are showing that they are the most compassionate people in the world. Scores of organizations and thousands of churches and individuals are involved in opening their arms of love and compassion to these refugees.  It may be the greatest opportunity to demonstrate God's love in this generation.
Whenever any disaster like this strikes, we often ask ourselves why.  Why did God let this happen?  
I have been asked that question hundreds of times, and I have to confess that I do not know the full answer.  I can recall walking through the aftermath of hurricanes in Florida and South Carolina, and a typhoon in India that killed tens of thousands, and earthquakes in California and Guatemala, and every time I have asked ‘Why?’  Job in the Bible asked the same question thousands of years ago, and his only answer was that God's ways are often beyond our understanding, and yet He is sovereign and He can still be trusted.  The Bible says evil is a mystery.  Someday we will understand, but not now.
I do know this, however: God knows what we are going through, and He still loves us and cares about us.  In the midst of suffering and tragedy we can turn to Him for the comfort and help we need.  Times like this will make us react in one of two ways:  Either we will become bitter and angry – or we will realize our need of God and turn to Him in faith and trust, even if we don't understand.  The Bible says, ‘He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds’ (Psalm 147:3).  The Bible also promises, ‘When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over you. ...Since you are precious and honored in my sight, and because I love you’ (Isaiah 43:2,4).  May this tragedy make each of us realize our need of God, and may we turn to Christ in repentance and faith and find our hope in Him.
Across America this weekend, not a minute will go by without millions praying for those impacted by the hurricane – the loss of loved ones, homes, jobs.  Our hearts go out to you, and the message we would like to get through to you is that we care, and that we are helping in every way we can.”
Friday 2nd September 2005 

                         Pray for victims of Hurricane Katrina
It almost goes without saying that many Christians, and many churches, have been very badly affected by Hurricane Katrina. Congregations have been scattered and church buildings and their neighbourhoods destroyed.
Just one story is that of Pastor Don Elbourne of the now omininously named Lakeshore Baptist Church. In his blog he reports that he is alive, but has no idea where his congregation members are.
“Its hard to watch our city fill with water like a bathtub and try to decide where to go from here. Our hope rests in the firm foundation of our sovereign God who holds us in his right hand.”
See Locusts and Wild Honey.
Friday 2nd September 2005 

                         “Statement of the Recife 32 – so that the world may know”
We, 32 clergy from The Anglican Diocese of Recife, received with shock the decree issued by the suffragan bishop, Filadelfo Oliveira, who has been designated as Episcopal Authority. We are dismayed by the improper and illegal way that this decree has been issued.  We have been excommunicated without being accused of anything, without following any official process, without being judged or convicted, without having the right to defend ourselves, and without the opportunity of any appeal. 
We understand that this is an unique act in the history of Brazilian Protestantism and it demonstrates that the IEAB (Episcopal Anglican Church of Brazil) has strayed far from the Anglican practice and tradition of dialogue. We have been excommunicated whilst waiting for the result of the appeal our diocese made to the Panel of Reference, created by the Archbishop of Canterbury to judge cases of dioceses and parishes that find themselves out of communion with their provinces or dioceses for reason of theological liberalism and a lack of fidelity to the Holy Scriptures. 
We represent 40 parishes, missions and preaching points, hundreds of ministries, and thousands of people.  
We continue to be fully involved in the exercise of ministry, leading our congregations and doing mission.
 
At no point have we abandoned the communion of the Anglican Church, but we have broken fellowship with the provincial leadership for the reasons already explained above. 
At no point have we broken any of the Diocesan or General Canon Laws.  
At no point have we broken our ordination vows.
           
Therefore, 
            We appeal to the leadership of the Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams. 
            We seek protection for our churches and for our people.  
            We request the prayers of the whole people of God.
Rev. Côn. Fernando Acosta Rodriguez
Rev. Marcus Throup
Rev. Côn. Washington Franco
Rev. Marconi Alves de Oliveira
Rev. Antônio Costa de Oliveira
Rev. Maurício R. Fernandes Coelho
Rev. Cézar Romero Leal Vieira
Rev. Quintino José Orengo da Silva
Rev. Daniel Barbosa da Silva
Rev. Raniere Almeida de Oliveira
Rev. Décio da Silva
Rev. Tibério Marques da Silva
Rev. Elias Leôncio de Brito Filho
Revda. Juciara Maria do Nascimento
Rev. Estevão Menezes Chiappetta
Revda. Nadja Maria Lins da Silva
Rev. Fred de Melo Souto Lima
Revda. Siméa de Souza Meldrum
Rev. Geison Sávio de H. Vasconcellos
Revda. Solange Cristina Pereira
Rev. Henrique César de Almeida Lacerda
Revda. Veralúcia Lins Silva
Rev. Ian Meldrum
Revda. Vera Lúcia Melo do Nascimento
Rev. Josias Pereira de Souza Júnior
Revmo. Arc. Deão Luiz Souza de França
Rev. Manoel Nunes da Silva Neto
Ven. Arc. Rev. Evilásio Tenório da S Júnior
Rev. Manoel S. Moraes de Almeida
Ven. Arc. Revda. Maria Gorete C.M. Silva
Rev. Márcio Medeiros Meira
Ven. Arc. Rev. Miguel Uchôa Cavalcanti
(Emphasis added.)
See also this story in The Church of England Newspaper – “Archbishop deposes 35 clergy to oust evangelicals.”
Thursday 1st September 2005 

                         “Gay row delays Malawi Anglican bishop appointment”
“An African archbishop on Wednesday delayed confirmation hearings for a liberal British vicar named as one of Malawi’s three Anglican bishops amid a deep split in the worldwide Anglican community over gay rights.
The move came after conservative Anglicans in the southern African country filed a challenge to the appointment of bishop-elect Nicholas Henderson, saying his support of gay rights was out of step with Malawian values...”
Full report from Reuters South Africa.

  

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