Taken from an article by the Primate of Uganda The Most Revd Henry Luke Orombi...Few would deny that the Anglican Communion is in crisis. The nature of that crisis, however, remains a question. Is it about sexuality? Is it a crisis of authority - who has it and who doesn't?
The Most Rev'd Henry Luke Orombi, Archbishop of Uganda, with the August 2004 consent of the House of Bishops of the Church of Uganda has appointed a priest of the Church of England, the Rev'd Prebendary Sandy Millar, as Assistant Bishop in the Church of Uganda
One of the hallmarks of the East African Revival in the Church of Uganda is 'walking in the light.' On 20 November 2003 the Church of Uganda broke communion with the Episcopal Church of the United States of America (ECUSA) until it repents of its actions in approving and consecrating as bishop a man in an actively homosexual relationship. Furthermore, we have taken the position that, as a result of broken communion, we will not take any financial gifts from ECUSA
The Rt Revd Evans Kisekka, the Bishop of Luweero Diocese, has my full blessing and support in receiving the clergy from St James Church, Newport Beach, and All Saints' Church, Long Beach, California, USA. These clergy are canonically resident in the Luweero Diocese and are priests and deacons in good standing of the Church of Uganda
The Church of the Province of Uganda's Provincial Secretary, the Revd Canon Stanley Ntagali, has been elected the new Bishop of Masindi-Kitara Diocese in north-western Uganda. He will be the first bishop of the diocese. Also CMS Africa's the Revd Dr Zac Niringiye has been elected Assistant Bishop of Kampala
The Most Revd Henry Luke Orombi was on Sunday enthroned as the seventh Archbishop of the Anglican Church of Uganda at a colourful ceremony witnessed by thousands of Christians including Uganda’s President, Yoweri Museveni.
A network of Religious Leaders from across Africa living with and affected by HIV/AIDS was launched today, 29th October 2003, in Kampala, Uganda.
Despite efforts by the Church Mission Society to raise awareness of the shocking realities of child abduction and the 17-year war in Northern Uganda, violence is still wreaking havoc throughout the nation.
The MP for Bristol West, Valerie Davey, has criticised the British government for ‘acclaiming’ Uganda for its moves towards development and democracy, while people in the north go on ‘suffering terribly’.
In an effort to raise awareness of the shocking realities of child abduction and the 17-year war in northern Uganda , the Church Mission Society (CMS) launched a campaign today (21 August) by delivering a petition to Downing Street.
The Rt Revd Henry Orombi has been elected to replace outgoing Archbishop of Uganda, the Most Revd Livingstone Mpalanyi-Nkoyoyo.
Twenty six years after the grim martyrdom of the Archbishop of the Church of Uganda, the Most Revd Janani Luwum, the Government of the Republic of Uganda for the first time has apologised to the Church and the entire global community for his murder.
The Church of Uganda has commissioned a US$10 million project expected to guarantee the welfare of Christians and clergy of the Church. Until now, Church workers in Uganda have had to retire without any pension or retirement benefits. The President of the Republic of Uganda, H.E. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, who was also the Chief Guest at a gathering (that brought together civic, political and religious personalities) contributed US$170,000 towards the project.
Today is the day when we celebrate the beginning of the New Year. Each one of us has taken inventory of his past life and are making various commitments for the new Year. We as Christians have also have also made resolutions for the New Year, in our quest for a meaningful and authentic Christian life.
by Patricia L Paddey
As people around the globe commemorated World AIDS Day on Sunday 1 December, an Anglican priest in the east African nation of Uganda reflected on his own personal journey with HIV/AIDS.
Lydia Tushabe enjoys being in business. She started out with a little hair salon in a room by the side of a road that runs into Kabale. With her loan from the Five Talents funded program she was able to open a retail shop with primary sales in bananas. She purchases in bulk and then acts as a wholesaler, selling smaller quantities to others, who in turn sell the bananas in area village markets.
In days to come we shall all be asked: 'What were you doing when the twin towers of the World Trade Centre crashed to the ground?' In my case I was sitting in my study talking to John Peterson, Secretary General of the Communion, when Eileen walked in and said with a stunned air: 'A plane has just crashed into the World Trade Centre!'
On 18 March 2000 around 500 people, many of them young, perished in a fire that swept through a community church in a remote South Western corner of Uganda. The victims of what was believed to be a deliberate torching of the building, were all members of the Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments. Many shocked and grieving relatives were left behind in the local area.
The Bishop Barnham Divinity College in Kabale is to become a University this autumn. The South West Ugandan college, which is some 300 miles from the capital, Kampala, was founded in 1924 as a normal day school.
(ENI) Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni has agreed to talk "peace and war" with the rebels in the north of the country who are trying to overthrow his government.
Kagando Hospital, an Anglican Hospital in north east Uganda, has become a haven for people fearing rebel attack in the area. On 6 October an estimated 18 people were killed by rebel forces in the area around the hospital. The hospital is in a small remote village and is a major local institution, employing many from the surrounding area. It has become a place of refuge for nearby communities, putting a strain on its resources.
Religious leaders in war-torn northern Uganda have condemned President Yoweri Museveni for forcing people to settle in "protected" villages or camps in order to shield them from armed rebels who are trying to overthrow the Government.
Mrs Winifred Ochola, the wife of the Bishop of Kitgum, in northern Uganda was killed by a landmine on 23 May when a truck she was travelling in hit a mine and killed her and three others. According to the Church Mission Society in London the incident took place a long way from ongoing military activity. The Bishop of Kitgum, the Rt Revd Macleord Baker Ochola II, is a leading campaigner for reconciliation and has made strong calls for an end to rebel activity in northern Uganda.
President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda has again rejected pleas by religious leaders and some politicians for his government to hold peace talks with rebels fighting government troops in the north of the country.
Two thousand people listened carefully as the Anglican Bishop of Lango, Uganda, the Rt Revd Melchizedek Otim recounted the trauma of having to hide in exile from Idi Amin's forces in 1977. "98% of my district was Christian, yet the people who plotted against me to kill me were members of my own diocese, and fellow Christians," recalled the emotional bishop.
Uganda's Vice-President, Dr Specioza Windira Kazibwe, has criticised an Anglican bishop for urging the Government to hold peace talks with armed rebels in northern Uganda.P Addressing a crowd in the town of Kitgum on 9 February, the Vice-President described the leader of the rebel Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), Joseph Kony, and his supporters as "killers, rapists and people who had devastated the economy". The LRA is terrorising the towns and villages of northern Uganda, killing hundreds of people and abducting teenagers to force them to become guerrillas in the struggle for control of the region.
The Bishop Alison Bible School in Koboko in north-west Uganda was razed to the ground at the end of October by Ugandan rebels believed to be sponsored by the Government of Khartoum in their attempt to get the Sudanese refugees in the area back into the Sudan. Families were made to stay inside their houses as the grass roofs were set alight. Only when the smoke and fire were threatening to kill them were people let out.
The Anglican Church of Uganda has added its voice to the chorus of protests against lottery games sanctioned by the Ugandan Government. The Church said the lottery games, which have recently come to dominate public life in this east African country, were corrupting Ugandan society.
More than 30 clergywomen from all dioceses of the Anglican Church of Uganda have accused their male counterparts of discriminating against them and relegating them to secondary positions in the Church hierarchy.
An Anglican Studies Centre has opened at Bishop McAllister College in Kyogyera in West Ankole Diocese. The Centre will serve the whole of the province and its aim is to strengthen Ugandan's understanding of their Anglican heritage in the African context. The new centre is the vision of the Rt Revd Y K Bamunoba, the Bishop of the Diocese.
