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SOUTH AFRICA: Council of Anglican Provinces of Africa (CAPA) uphold man woman marriage





SOUTH AFRICA: Council of Anglican Provinces of Africa (CAPA) uphold man woman marriage
African bishops blast Western churches for allowing worldly cultures to reshape message of church
Gospel transforms culture. Accept diversity but not at expense of truth
CAPA bishops uphold Lambeth Resolution 1:10 in its entirety

By David W. Virtue DD
www.virtueonline.org
March 25, 2015

Anglican Church leaders from across Africa hosted in Cape Town by Archbishop Thabo Makgoba of Cape Town including Archbishops, Bishops and other members of the Council of African Provinces of Africa (CAPA), issued a statement blasting Western (Anglican) churches) for divisiveness and allowing worldly cultures to reshape the message of the church and vowed they would uphold in its entirety Lambeth resolution 1:10.

"These divisions emerged when some Churches in the west allowed the worldly cultures, to reshape the message of church to the society especially in the area of marriage and human sexuality. These issues not only contradict the traditional teaching of the scripture but also impede our witness to the Gospel, which is the reason of our presence in this world. We believe that the church is entrusted with the message of Gospel in order to transform the culture not the other way around. We do accept diversity but not diversity on the expense of the truth. Therefore we call upon these churches to refrain from making unilateral decisions which will further the divisions between the provinces of the Anglican Communion.

"We, by God's Grace, continue to uphold the traditional biblical teaching in regard to human sexuality and marriage and affirm Lambeth Resolution 1:10 in its entirety. We believe that this is the only way to safeguard the life of the Christian families and we should resist the pressures of the secular western cultures to alter God's purpose in creating Man and woman."

The council, chaired by the Most Revd Bernard Ntahoturi, Archbishop of the Province of the Anglican Church of Burundi, represents Anglicans in 26 countries from 12 church provinces.

The meetings, which are happening in South Africa for the first time, include Primates of churches and members of the CAPA Standing Committee.

The meetings have included a gathering of members of the Anglican Global South, chaired by the Most Rev. Dr. Mouneer Hanna Anis of Egypt, Archbishop of the Province of the Episcopal/Anglican Province of Jerusalem and the Middle East.

Archbishop Makgoba said the meetings were a tangible expression of the Anglican family belonging together. He expressed hope that the meeting would renew relations among churches across Africa.


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For reference, here is the text of Lambeth Resolution 1:10

 

It is very helpful for the faithful when church leadership shows moral clarity and strength of conviction on issues of cultural import. I applaud their boldness and their orthodoxy on this.

 

Where are the clergy in the West making the same heroic steps?