Are the Leaders of Africa’s Anglican Churches “Despotic”?
by David W Virtue, VOL:
A Nigerian Archbishop who is also secretary general of the Anglican Consultative Council — an instrument of unity in the Anglican Communion – blasted Anglican provinces in Africa as the cause of “disagreement even hatred” between fellow Anglicans and conceded that there was no hope or possibility of the Anglican Church ever agreeing on human sexuality.
“They [the provinces] must live together or splinter into groups and that will not glorify the Lord,” Dr. Josiah Idowu-Fearon told Canon Ian Ellis, editor of the Church of Ireland Gazette, in a radio interview.
He confessed that he took the job because he felt called to do something to address the “disagreement and even hatred” between fellow Anglicans. He said much of the hatred came from the Southern hemisphere. Asked what he thought of Australian Archbishop Peter Jensen, who is playing a leadership role in GAFCON, Fearon said, “unfortunately for me I know all these characters… we were good friends. He invited me to Sydney. He asked me what I thought of GAFCON and I said I am sorry but it is not a movement of the Holy Spirit because it is divisive.”
While the Anglican leader said his commitment to reconciliation remained firm, he conceded that on the root of the disagreements, human sexuality, he said there was “no way” of finding agreement. “It’s not possible,” he said. The alternative to finding a way to live together was to allow separate “splinter groups”.
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