Ask not for whom the bell tolls…. a response to Bishop Makgoba

Jan 9, 2024 by

By Craig Snoyman, Daily Friend. Bishop Thabo Makgoba of the Anglican Church of South Africa, in his 2023 Christmas sermon highlighted the plight of children and other vulnerable people in Gaza, who due to Israeli military operations were...

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Listen carefully for the echoes of anti-Semitism

Oct 26, 2023 by

By Peter Houston, Mail & Guardian (South Africa). (Editor’s note: this clear analysis is an indictment of church leaders who turn a blind eye to the reality of a resurgent and rampant anti-semitism) Throughout history, prominent...

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The Celebration of Murder is Never Acceptable.

Oct 10, 2023 by

Statement: The following has been posted on change.org by Simon Goslett (Editor’s note: this is a response to the position taken by the leadership of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa) The Celebration of Murder is Never...

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Desmond Tutu – a personal reflection

Jan 4, 2022 by

By Andrew Symes, Anglican Mainstream: My wife and I met Desmond Tutu in July 1994, three months after the historic elections which brought Nelson Mandela and the ANC to power in South Africa. We had arrived in the country at the beginning...

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Anglican ministers break ranks over church’s anti-Israel stance

Jul 30, 2021 by

by Tali Feinberg, South African Jewish Report: “What do you do when the leadership of an organisation you’ve spent your whole working life serving adopts a policy or position that your conscience won’t tolerate?” asks Reverend John...

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Landmark decision by the Diocesan Synod of Port Elizabeth

Nov 8, 2017 by

One Diocese in the Anglican Church of Southern Africa takes a stand for biblical orthodoxy. By Revd Dave Doveton, Anglican Mainstream. The Synod of the Diocese of Port Elizabeth held last week was by all accounts an exciting and fruitful...

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