Anglican Communion News Service

With a profound sense of loss, but in total reverence to God, the Church of Nigeria Anglican Communion announces the death of our dear former Primate, Archbishop, Metropolitan of our Church, father, grand and great grandfather, the Most Revd. Dr. Joseph Abiodun Adetiloye who passed away peacefully in his sleep at his Millennium house country home, Odo-Owa in Ekiti State in the early hours of Friday 14th December, 2012.

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Members of the Anglican Communion all around the world are being called to pray, fast and act in support of their brothers and sister in Nigeria facing violence and death.

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Tensions have heightened in central Nigeria following the killing on 8 August of four people near a mosque, a day after 20 worshippers in a church in the Okene area of Kogi state, were shot dead.

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From the Office of the Archbishop of Dublin: A report has revealed that the violence in Nigeria, responsible for hundreds of deaths since January, is due to more than religious tensions alone.

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The Archbishop of Canterbury has warned that Nigeria is under threat of "disintegration" at the hands of extremist Islamist group Boko Haram, in a contribution to a Synod debate on recent violence in Nigeria.

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The Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) at its Episcopal meeting held at IBRU Centre Agbarha-Otor has elected four new Bishops and an Archbishop.

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The team leader at the centre for Gospel Health and Development in Jos, Nigeria, has warned that blankets, mattresses and medical care are urgently needed for victims of post election violence in Jos.

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A four-man gang of armed robbers Monday burgled the Bishop's Court, the Anglican Diocese of Asaba in Delta State, taking away N800,000 and other valuables.

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In the Nigerian House of Bishop's communique issued after their meeting in Agbarha-Otor, the bishops highlight that in a "time of great tension in [their] nation", they are struggling for the "soul and survival" of their country.

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The Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) has elected Nicholas Orogodo Okoh as its fourth Primate in succession to the Most Revd Peter Akinola. The announcement was made on 15 September.

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Alleluia, Christ is risen. He is risen indeed! Alleluia. May the power that raised Christ from the grave continue to empower and inspire our witness for Him as we daily identify with His death and resurrection in our lives.

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A Communique Issued at the end of the Special one-day General Synod of the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) Held at St. Paul’s Church Dendo Road, Sokoto on Wednesday 7th Feb 2007.
 
The Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) met in a one day General Synod session on Wednesday 7th, February, 2007 at St. Paul’s Church, Dendo Road, Sokoto in the Diocese of Sokoto with the Archbishop, Metropolitan and Primate of All Nigeria, his Grace the Most Reverend Peter J. Akinola, DD. CON presiding.

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The Bishop of Dutse (Jigawa State, Nigeria) The Rt Revd Yesufu Lumu, has told ACNS in a telephone interview that a local conflict between a Christian and Muslim woman escalated into a full blown riot on the streets of the city. The end result was St Peter's Anglican Cathedral was burned to the ground and the Bishop's office and car port destroyed

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The Episcopal Synod of the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) have issued the following communique following their recent meeting of 27th-28th June held in Abuja.

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Canada's Anglican bishops unanimously endorsed a motion expressing 'grave concern' about proposed legislation in Nigeria that 'would prohibit or severely restrict the freedom of speech, association, expression and assembly of gay and lesbian persons'

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Having watched with sadness and dismay the recent development in some States in the Northern part of this Country where many Christian Churches and other property have been wantonly destroyed by some Islamic fundamentalists, the Christian Association of Nigeria is compelled to issue the following statements

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The Most Rev. Peter J. Akinola, Primate of the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion), the Presiding Bishop of the Reformed Episcopal Church, and the Presiding Bishop of the Anglican Province of America, entered on behalf of their three Churches a Covenant Union of Anglican Churches in Concordat

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I read with utter dismay the pastoral statement recently issued by the Church of England House of Bishops with regard to the Civil Partnership Act scheduled to come into force on 5 December 2005.While I was pleased to note the reaffirmation of the Church's historic teaching on both marriage and sexual intercourse, I was sorely distressed that these words are not matched by corresponding actions.

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The Church of Nigeria says it will not commence the ordination of women but the issue may be revisited in the future.

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But on 13 March, 2005, an 'unusual' human presence filled the once idle pews and overflowed into white plastic seats stationed outside the periphery of the church. The reason? Ten new bishops of the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) were being consecrated. And they came with some of their parishioners from the length and breadth of the over 17-million Nigerian Anglican Congregation

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About 400 Nigerian Anglican churchmen representing the laity, clergy and bishops are gathering in the northern city of Kaduna for their bi-annual meeting, which is set to be dominated by issues concerning the growth of the church and the state of the nation.

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I welcome the sincerity and hard work of those who have prepared 'The Windsor Report 2004'. After an initial reading it is clear to me that the report falls far short of the prescription needed for this current crisis. It fails to confront the reality that a small, economically privileged group of people has sought to subvert the Christian faith and impose their new and false doctrine on the wider community of faithful believers.

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The Standing Committee, Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) met at the Cathedral Church of the Good Shepherd, Enugu under the guidance of the Holy Spirit, presided over by the Primate of All Nigeria, the Most Revd P J Akinola, DD, CON

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My dear people of God, it is my pleasure and privilege to be here to welcome you to Abuja for your Annual National Bible Conference. I thank God for bringing all of you here in safety from all parts of our Church and from various parts of this vast country

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Anglican Church leaders in Africa have decided to reject financial aid from the liberal West, claiming that they will rather endure hardship "for a while" than sacrifice their faith and conscience on the "altar of money." Speaking through their Chairman and Archbishop of Nigeria, Peter Akinola, at a press conference in Nairobi, covered by the BBC, the African primates declared that the Churches they lead would pursue self reliance rather than look up to liberal congregations in the West for sustenance.

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A meeting took place yesterday between the Most Revd Njongonkulu Ndungane, Primate of Southern Africa and the Most Revd Peter Akinola, Primate of Nigeria, held at Kwa Malusi, 18 Stanley Road, Irene, Pretoria. In attendance were the Rt Revd Dr Jo Seoka, the Bishop of Pretoria and the Rt Revd Dr Peter Adebiyi, the Bishop of Lagos West.

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We, Bishops, clergy and members of the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) drawn from all the ten ecclesiastical Provinces across the country, met in Abuja from 10 to 14 November 2003 to draw up a strategic plan of how our church will respond to the HIV/AIDS pandemic in Nigeria.

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The House of Bishops, Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion), met in July 2003, under the Divine Guidance of God and under the leadership of the Archbishop, Primate and Metropolitan, Church of Nigeria, the Most Rev. Peter Jasper Akinola, and proposed a resolution supporting all the actions he had taken and others that he will take on the vexing issue of human sexuality as it relates to homosexuality.

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Talking to congregations about HIV/AIDS every Sunday is one of the innovative ways that the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) is using to spread messages about HIV prevention and AIDS care.

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The Primate of the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion), the Most Revd Peter Jasper Akinola, was elected last night (Wednesday 12 November) as the head of the Christian Association of Nigeria.

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