West Africa’s new archbishop , the Most Revd Solomon Tilewa Johnson, has identified “abject poverty” and “the threat posed by new churches” as top priorities for the Anglican Church there.
The Anglican Church of the Province of West Africa yesterday elected the Rt Revd Dr Solomon Johnson as its ninth Archbishop and Primate.
The Church of the Province of West Africa will be adopting an amendment to its constitution allowing for two internal provinces, each with its own Archbishop.
The Archbishop of West Africa ordained Dr Daniel Torto as the new Bishop of Accra on Sunday, but a new Primate will not be elected until September
This year's Synod in Gambia has called for diocesan organisations to be established in all parishes and membership opened to anyone interested to join.
The Synod of the Church of the Province of West Africa (CPWA), meeting in Conakry, Guinea from Monday, March 21 to Friday, March 25, 2011 under the overarching theme “Turn back, Recover your dear love (Revelation 2:5), among other things engaged the socio-economic-political context in which the Province fulfills her God-given Mission, without which the Church has no definition and clear identity.
The Rt Revd Justice Ofei Akrofi is the new Archbishop-elect of the Church of the Province of West Africa.
Charles Gyude Bryant, 54, who has been described as a “mild-mannered businessman” studied economics at Cuttington College and is chairman of the board of trustees of the Episcopal Church in Liberia.
One of the most dramatic moments in Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams' pastoral visit to the Anglicans in West Africa came on Tuesday as he visited a refugee centre run by the local diocese.
The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Revd Dr Rowan Williams, visited the Anglican Retreat Centre in Ghana on Thursday 24 July .
Bands, flowers, singing and dancing, and a crowd of photographers, greeted the Archbishop of Canterbury and his wife, Mrs Williams, at Accra Airport on Wednesday evening.
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, will be visiting three countries in West Africa from 23-31 July in the course of a visit to the Anglican Church there. Dr Williams will be visiting Ghana, Sierra Leone and Gambia during the seven-day stay.
The Joint Anglican Diocesan Mothers’ Union in Ghana has called for total cancellation of debt owed by the developing countries. The Union pointed out that it was the surest way to help those countries to forge ahead and make some progress.
Episcopal Relief and Development is providing emergency assistance to the Diocese of Liberia after escalating violence and civil unrest in the country.
As more details filter out of Liberia, the violent confrontation between the government and a coalition of rebels is threatening the nation's institutions - including churches.
Rebels in Liberia have escalated their attacks and are near the capital of Monrovia, sending thousands of people fleeing into camps outside the city, already crowded with people fleeing fighting in the countryside, according to news reports. Cuttington University College, operated by the Episcopal Diocese of Liberia, was evacuated but other schools are operating and churches have remained open.
This is to let you know that Ghana is currently in a state of national mourning following a tragic incident at a football match in Accra.
The 72nd Diocesan Convention of the Episcopal Church of Liberia (ECL) was held at the beginning of February. This is the first time since Liberia was torn by civil war that the Convention, hosted by St John's church in Buchanan, has been held outside Montserrado County.
Liberia is emerging uneasily from a decade of civil war that has had a lasting effect on nearly all this West African country's 3 million inhabitants.
The Anglican Bishop of Gambia, the Rt Revd Tilewa Johnson has been appointed the chairman of the country's independent Electoral Commission (IEC).
This statement on the events of May 25 1997 by the Anglican Church of Freetown has been received via the Church Mission Society (CMS) in London. It is dated 15 June and reproduced here in full. The CMS are coordinating relief efforts to the area. John Evenson of CMS can be contacted for further news reports from the region.
Torn by the remnants of civil war between rival rebel groups, Liberia remains an unstable and dangerous country, but the return of Bishop Edward Neufville, the Anglican diocesan bishop in January marked a significant step toward reestablishing normal life for the country's Anglican churches.
Twelve international non-governmental organisations (NGOs), including the Lutheran World Federation (LWF), decided to cut back drastically their relief operations in Liberia until security and order are established, the LWF said in a press release. The decision was taken "reluctantly" by officials from the NGOs at a 28 May meeting in Geneva.
The death of Archbishop George Browne in February, 1993, left the Episcopal Church of Liberia mired in efforts to reorganise and rebuild in the middle of a war. In a shining example of Christian hope, a special convocation last May elected Suffragan Bishop Edward Neufville II to succeed Archbishop Browne.
