African Churches urged not to be distracted by Western progressives
by Gavin Drake, ACNS:
The secretary general of the Anglican Communion, Dr Josiah Idowu-Fearon, has urged Anglican leaders in Africa not to “fall in line” with “socially progressive” views and programmes “which suggest that the Bible is wrong”. Speaking to members of the Council of African Provinces of Africa (CAPA) during their meeting in Rwanda, Dr Idowu-Fearon said that the Church “will not crumble or bow the knee to a godless secular culture that despises the Bible and what it teaches” and urged the Churches in Africa to remain focused on serving the people of the continent.
He made his remarks in a wide-ranging address in which he praised the Anglican Communion as “the one organisation throughout Africa which is trusted to deliver on projects.”
He said that, after a year in his present role, he had come to appreciate the “important and central position” that Anglican churches in the “incredible, diverse, beautiful and challenging continent” of Africa “occupy on the world stage.”
He said: “Through our work, we are the source of the gospel, of education, of democracy, of civil society and political parties; and of the reduction of maternal and child mortality on our continent,” he said. “These were not imports from outside. These resulted from the work of our African grandfathers and grandmothers in the faith.
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