By Rev. John Makokha Other Sheep Coordinator/United Methodist Minister. NAIROBI, June 28, 2008 (Other Sheep)  –  Kenyan Anglican clergy, gays and allies have sent a strong message of affirmation and inclusiveness to the bishops at the forthcoming Lambeth conference, due to be held next month. The message was unanimously agreed at the ceremony organised by Integrity USA, a pro-gay Anglican based group, in partnership with the Other Sheep organisation in Kenya at a meeting last week. Rev. Cynthia Black and Katie Sherrod from Integrity USA carried out the personal interview of the participants using video recording.  The objective of ...

The head of the Church Army, a leading Anglican mission agency with a significant evangelical constituency, has expressed his distress at the failure of two Anglican archbishops to clearly condemn violence against gay people. The remarks come in the personal blog of Mark Russell, the youngest ever Chief Executive of Church Army, which deploys over 350 evangelists working across Britain and Ireland. Mr Russell's comments came after Archbishops Peter Akinola of Nigeria and Henry Orombi of Uganda declined to condemn violence against lesbians and gays when challenged twice on the issue at the Global Anglican Future Conference meeting in ...

For a century the Lambeth Conference has been one of the events keeping intact this largest Protestant church grouping in the world. Now, for the first time, and just when the Anglican Communion is most at risk of disintegration, almost a third of the bishops invited to attend have decided to boycott the meeting. It is a blow to the Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams who wants to use the conference to heal the rift over sexuality which has driven the Communion to the brink of a permanent split. The 250 bishops who have said they will stay ...

One of the most outspoken and conservative leaders of the Church of England is set to call for tougher sanctions against clergy who tolerate same sex-unions and the ordination of gay priests. The Rt Rev Michael Nazir-Ali, Bishop of Rochester, was expected to make the remarks during an address to a breakaway conference in Jerusalem last night which has been organised by more than 200 traditionalist bishops angry at the tolerance of homosexuality in Western dioceses. Bishop Nazir-Ali caused outrage recently by claiming Christians should be doing more to convert Muslims and that Islam has helped create "no-go" areas ...

Primate of Nigeria vows to rescue Anglican church from crisis over sexualityPrimate of Nigeria vows to rescue Anglican church from crisis over sexuality to rescue the worldwide church from its crisis over sexuality. 22 Jun 08: There are fears of a schism within the Church after three bishops announced they will boycott an Anglican summit, the Lambeth conference. ; http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1488655367/bctid1620684361 http://www.brightcove.com/channel.jsp?channel=1139053637 In a rallying cry to the hundreds of traditionalists who have gathered in Jerusalem for a critical summit, the Primate of Nigeria, Archbishop Peter Akinola, said many in the Communion were "apostates" who ...