Church of Nigeria Standing Committee Communique
from Anglican Ink:
COMMUNIQUE ISSUED AT THE END OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE MEETING OF THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) HELD AT ST PETER’S ANGLICAN CATHEDRAL CHURCH, MINNA FROM MONDAY, 17TH TO FRIDAY, 21ST SEPTEMBER, 2018
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The Standing Committee of the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) held at St Peter’s Cathedral Church, Minna, Niger State, in the Diocese of Minna, Province of Lokoja, under the guidance of the Holy Spirit and presided over by The Most Revd Dr. Nicholas D. Okoh, Archbishop, Metropolitan and Primate of the Church of Nigeria. In attendance were his wife, Mrs. Nkasiobi Okoh, the President of the Mothers’ Union; the Dean of the Church of Nigeria. The Most Revd Dr Ali Buba Lamido, 163 Bishops, 122 clergymen,79 members of the House of Laity and delegates of the Mothers’ Union. It received many guests who attended the opening ceremony, including an erstwhile Minister of the Federal Republic, Professor Jerry Cana, and the President of the Nigeria Bar Association represented by the Secretary General of the Association. The Standing Committee acknowledges with immense gratitude the assistance of the Government of Niger State in ensuring the success of the meeting.
[…] GLOBAL ANGLICAN FUTURE CONFERENCE (GAFCON)
The Standing Committee rejoices in the success of Gafcon3 which held in June 2018 in Jerusalem. It supports the House of Bishops of the Church of Nigeria in reaffirming the Statement of GAFCON 2018 that the Archbishop of Canterbury should invite as full members to Lambeth 2020 the Bishops of the Province of the Anglican Church in North America and the Province of the Anglican Church in Brazil, and that he should not invite those Provinces that have endorsed by word or deed sexual practices that are in contradiction to the teaching of Scripture and Resolution 1.10 of the 1998 Lambeth Conference, unless they have repented of their actions and reversed their decisions. In the event that this does not occur the Bishops of the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) unanimously resolved that they will decline any invitation to attend Lambeth 2020 and all other meetings of the Instruments of the Communion.
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