Nigeria diocese severs link with Liverpool over same-sex blessings bishop
by Ruth Gledhill, Christian Today:
The leader of worldwide evangelical Anglican Christians has accused the Church of England of “normalising” the “false teaching” of the US Episcopal Church over gay marriage.
Archbishop of Nigeria Nicholas Okoh, chairman of the Global South orthodox Anglican group Gafcon, says a “line has been crossed” with the appointment of an American bishop who supports blessing same-sex unions to a post in the Liverpool diocese.
The Akure diocese in Nigeria, which was twinned with the Liverpool diocese, has also formally severed its links following the appointment of Susan Goff, a suffragan in the Virginia diocese in the US Episcopal Church, as an honorary bishop in Liverpool.
In his pastoral letter, Archbishop Okoh says: “In the beginning, the focus of our concern was North America and we thank God that he has raised up the Anglican Church North America as a new wineskin in that continent.
“Now our concern is increasingly with the British Isles. A line has been crossed in the Church of England itself with the appointment of Bishop Susan Goff, of the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia, as an Assisting Bishop of Liverpool.
Read letter from Bishop of the Akure Diocese here
Read Archbishop Okoh’s Pastoral Letter here
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