Bishop of Egypt calls for prayer and advocacy after ‘hostile takeover’

Posted on October 28, 2016 
Filed under Anglican Communion

Archbishop Mouneer Anis Primate of Jerusalem and the Middle East“The Bishop of Egypt, Dr Mouneer Anis, has called on Anglicans to pray and advocate with their local Egyptian consulates and embassies after a court ruling effectively subsumed the diocese into a separate denominational body. …

Through ACNS, Dr Anis is asking for Anglicans and Episcopalians to pray for the Church in Egypt. ‘we feel deprived from our legal rights and our role as a church, and our freedom, may be compromised,’ he said. …”

– Read it all at the Anglican Communion News Service.