Chair of the Anglican Communion Environmental Network Archbishop Thabo Makgoba has invited Anglicans around the globe to join him in a Carbon Fast for Lent.
The search is on for a Communications Officer in Africa to help Anglicans there better share their stories of life and ministry with each other and the world.
Some African clergy are having their UK visa applications turned down simply because of their low income, according to the Lord Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich.
The Council of Anglican Provinces in Africa has challenged itself to harness untapped resources and strengthen intra-continental relationships to benefit God's mission.
Anglican leaders from across the continent of Africa have made an emotional appeal to Muslim leaders to stand with them in opposition to "tragic violence that is destroying our communities".
On the final day of the 11th CAPA Council Meeting in Burundi, the Constitution is reviewed, a delegation meets with the President, and a new Chair and Vice Chair are elected,
A report of the first day's proceedings at the 11th CAPA Council meeting hosted by the Province of the Anglican Church of Burundi. In attendance are Primates or their representatives, clergy and lay people from the 12 Anglican Provinces of Africa along with partners and other observers from around the world.
Hosted by the Province of the Anglican Church of Burundi, the 11th CAPA Council meeting has brought together Primates or their representatives, clergy and lay people from the 12 Anglican Provinces of Africa along with partners and other observers from around the world.
Church leaders have welcomed a decision to appoint a Communications Officer in Africa to help Anglicans there better share their stories of life and ministry with the world.
Ecumenical faith leaders in Africa today launched a Call to Action and Appeal for the people affected by famine in the Horn of Africa.
The Archbishop of Canterbury has made an urgent appeal for donations to emergency relief activities in Somalia, Kenya and Ethiopia - currently facing one of the worst droughts for 60 years.
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, today welcomed senior church leaders and international development agencies at Lambeth Palace to pledge that the church will play a part in ending sexual violence and to launch a Tearfund report 'Silent No More'.
I flew into Entebbe on Monday morning without map or compass; this was only the second gathering of bishops from across the continent of Africa. The first had been six years ago in Lagos, Nigeria, long before my time with the Anglican Communion Office.
Four hundred bishops from Africa announced today that 'business as usual' was no longer an option for the Anglican Church there and that Africans should "take their destiny into their own hands".
The continent of Africa is facing a future in which climate change will kill more people than traditional causes such as malaria and HIV, according to a Ugandan environmental expert.
Rev Canon Gideon Byamugisha today called on the African bishops of the Anglican Communion to take the lead in ensuring the HIV virus never celebrates its 50th birthday in 2031.
Uganda’s President Museveni said today that tolerance was a biblical imperative and that Christians should not “have one minute of time wasted” by those promoting prejudice.
The Bishop in Egypt Dr Mouneer Anis told bishops from more than 400 dioceses at the 2nd All Africa Bishops Conference that this was an historic moment for Africa’s Christian community. “There is no doubt that history is going to record what happens at this conference for future generations,” he said at today’s opening service in Entebbe, Uganda.
We, former African Heads of State, religious leaders and non-governmental organisations engaged in combating HIV and AIDS, convening in Nairobi, Kenya, under the auspices of the Council of Anglican Provinces of Africa (CAPA), have engaged in a consultative dialogue on HIV and AIDS in Africa in the context of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
Greetings in the Name of Our Lord Jesus Christ,
At our last 10th Council Meeting held in Mauritius October 2007, we were greatly encouraged by the progress made by CAPA on educational and pastoral concerns in the fight against HIV and AIDS.
We do however remain concerned about what seems to be the unabated spread of the pandemic, and the effect that it has on family life.
We, delegates of the Council of Anglican Provinces in Africa, gathered at Hotel El Monaco, Quatre Bornes, Mauritius between the 2nd and 5th October 2007 for the tenth meeting of the Council under the chairmanship of the Most Rev'd Peter J. Akinola. We represent eleven of the twelve Provinces of CAPA as laity, clergy, bishops and archbishops and we issue this Communique from our meeting
The second CAPA HIV/AIDS TB & MALARIA Strategic Plan was launched at the Panafric Hotel Nairobi, yesterday February 22 2007 in a colourful ceremony presided over by the CAPA Chairman and the Primate of All Nigeria Archbishop Peter Akinola.
The Council of Anglican Provinces of Africa (CAPA), a regional coordinating body, joined the rest of the World to mark World AIDS Day with her Ecumenical and development partners. The event was organized by CAPA regional partners namely: Ecumenical HIV/AIDS Initiative in Africa (EHAIA), Christian Aid Africa Office (CA), All Africa Conference of Churches (AACC) and the UN Millennium Development Campaign, Africa office.
We, the Primates of the Council of Anglican Provinces of Africa (CAPA), meeting in Kampala on 21st - 22nd June, have followed with great interest your meeting of the General Convention of the Episcopal Church USA in Columbus. We have been especially concerned by the development of your response to The Windsor Report, which has been reported to us quite extensively
In the 'Haven of Peace' - Dar es Salaam - women leaders from the 12 Anglican provinces in Africa gathered to discuss issues relating to their empowerment and survival
Africa must set its own agenda, which should be relevant to the prevailing circumstances, the Archbishop of Cape Town and Primate of the Church of the Province of Southern Africa, the Most Revd Njongonkulu Ndugane has said
The Council of Anglican Provinces of Africa (CAPA) received the news of the horrific effects of the Tsunami that hit South East Asia and parts of East Africa on Boxing Day with profound shock and sorrow. We have continued to watch with disbelief as thousands of bodies are retrieved from the masses of debris and millions of men, women and children left without food, water, clothing and shelter
The First African Anglican Bishops' Conference held at the Archbishop Vining Memorial Cathedral Church Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria from 26 October - 1 November, 2004 with the theme: 'Africa comes of Age - an Anglican Self-Evaluation' hereby issues the following communiqué
We are gathered at an extraordinary and historic meeting of Anglican Bishops from all over Africa. We do so grateful for the Faith once delivered to the saints and the generosity of those who first brought the good news of Jesus Christ to the African continent
More than 300 bishops and delegates are expected at the first-ever Africa Anglican Bishops Conference that opens October 26 in Lagos, Nigeria. The venue of the conference, Archbishop Vining Memorial Church Cathedral, was awash with activity as bishops began arriving from various parts of Africa yesterday
