No Easter, no faith. The apostle Paul puts it this way: "And if Christ has not been raised from the dead, our preaching is useless and so is your faith ... If only for this life we have hope in Christ, we are to be pitied more than all people.
Brothers and sisters in Christ, I greet you in the precious name of our Lord. It is a great joy to be with you this morning. Had King David lived today, there is no doubt that the popular press would have had a field day with his eventful life. Those who gave us the books of Samuel and Kings may not have had the same journalistic freedom as today's tabloids, but they still give us some pretty juicy material to work with.
I have been invited by Bishop Garth and members of Chapter to reflect on the state of affairs within the Anglican Communion. I shall start by addressing three points – the nature of the Anglican Communion, the Instruments of Unity, and the draft Covenant. Then we will have a time for questions and debate.
The Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town, Njongonkulu Ndungane, has called for a global Anglican gathering that is 'much more representative than the Lambeth Conference' to explore the current challenges facing the Anglican Communion. 'The future of our Anglican family is far too important to be left just to Bishops, even meeting in the breadth of the Lambeth Conference,' said Archbishop Ndungane
Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town, Njongonkulu Ndungane, met with national and international planning committee members last week to discuss an international Anglican conference to be held in Gauteng, South Africa from 7 - 14 March 2007. 'Towards Effective Anglican Mission (TEAM): An international conference on Prophetic Witness, Social Development and HIV and AIDS' will include 400 representatives from every province in the Anglican Communion
The Synod of Bishops of the Church of the Province of Southern Africa, during its recent meeting, reflected on the position of the Anglican Communion and the present tensions within the Communion. In affirming their desire for the unity of the Anglican Communion to be maintained, the Bishops want to extend to the Communion a message of hope. St Paul in his first Letter to the Corinthians talks of faith, hope and love, with faith and love being either side of hope. The recent reflections by the Archbishop of Canterbury and the response to those reflections
The Archbishop of Cape Town has written to the Primates of the Anglican Communion issuing a strong call to uphold the 'broad rich heartlands of our Anglican heritage' He argues that this must be 'the territory on which we debate our future'.
Tony Blair announced last night that he has decided to convene a panel of world leaders from all sectors to ensure that aid and debt relief promises to Africa are being kept. This will be called the Africa Progress Panel. It will measure progress against the commitments made to and by Africa at the Gleneagles and other G8 and UN summits
This year is my tenth year as Archbishop of the Anglican Church in Southern Africa...It is an extremely demanding position with many wide-ranging responsibilities and although, according to the canons of our church, I could continue to fill it until I am seventy, I have decided that the time is coming for me to step down. It is my intention therefore to retire in 2008
More effective leadership to fight AIDS desperately needed as 'second wave' hits NGOs and faith-based organizations says Anglican Archbishop. According to the United Nations 2004 Global Report on the AIDS epidemic, Southern Africa remains the worst affected sub region in the world
Popularly known for his leading role in Mozambique's peace talks, Anglican bishop Dinis Sengulane of the Mozambican diocese of Lebombo is now leading a fight against Mozambique's number one killer disease, malaria.
Yesterday evening I and other religious leaders met with President Mbeki on the issue of Zimbabwe. This meeting followed our initial meeting with the President a few weeks ago where we reported back on our July fact-finding visit to Zimbabwe and discussed what we, as the religious community could do to help the situation
While I support the UN's condemnation of those responsible for the operation and the call for them to be brought to book for their inhumane actions, my major concern now is with the well being of people so terribly affected by this humanitarian crisis.
Meeting in Kwazulu Natal, the Synod of the Church of the Province of Southern Africa is the highest legislative body of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa. It meets once every three years. Among the guests was the Revd Canon Kenneth Kearon, the Secretary General of the Anglican Communion based in London.
Statement from the Anglican Church on Marriage and Same-Sex Relationships in the light of the decision of the Supreme Court of Appeal of South Africa in Bloemfontein, 30 November 2004
Some years ago, a journalist asked me what sort of world I wanted to see. The answer came to me instantly: I wanted a world with a human face. In a world with a human face, every individual would be able to smile together in complete freedom, in unity, in peace, in prosperity.
An intense three-day planning meeting of the Anglican Church in Southern Africa this week has resulted in a call to action to all Anglicans to address meaningfully some pressing issues affecting our society. In his concluding remarks after the meeting (on Thursday 17 March) the Most Revd Njongonkulu Ndungane,Archbishop of Cape Town and the Primate of the Church of the Province of Southern Africa, has reminded Anglicans that the church is perhaps the only society that exists primarily for its non-members, for those on the margins of society - the poor and the excluded.
Today is an important day for the Anglican Communion. I want to begin by congratulating Archbishop Robin Eames and the members of the Lambeth Commission for producing such a comprehensive Report in such a short time, and in such testing circumstances.
The Bishop of Swaziland, the Rt Revd Meshack Mabuza, has expressed great thanks for the visit to his diocese last month of a delegation from the worldwide Anglican Communion
A communique from an Anglican Communion delegation to Swaziland... In response to a request from the Bishop of Swaziland, the Rt Revd Meshack Mabuza, the Primate of the Church of the Province of Southern Africa (CPSA) - the Most Revd Njongonkulu Ndungane - formed a delegation of Anglican Communion leaders to visit Swaziland from 8-10 July 2004.
Media release from the office of the Most Revd Njongonkulu Ndungane, the Archbishop of Cape Town and Primate of the Province of Southern Africa
As the Lambeth Commission on Communion prepares to meet, I want to put forward three perspectives from my part of the 'Global South' which I hope will offer support to the Commission in its challenging task
The Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town, the Most Revd Njongonkulu Ndungane, has called for the understanding and patience of the Church community in Africa in the wake of criticism by the African Provinces of the ordination of openly gay persons.
Twenty thousand people are dying of AIDS-related illnesses every year in Swaziland. National life-expectancy is to drop to just 27 from 62 by 2010. The most productive section of society (around 30 years old) has effectively been wiped out, wrecking the country, which has already been crippled by drought and economic disintegration.
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.
As we begin our 10th year of democracy, there is much for our transforming nation to be proud of and a solid platform of achievement from which to set new standards and objectives.
Greetings to you all and thank you for setting aside this time to meet together on World AIDS Day. To stand together as we honour those living with and dying from AIDS and to express our ongoing concern about the present situation.
The Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town, Njongonkulu Ndungane, has issued a statement responding to the reported severing of ties with the Episcopal Church in the USA by the Anglican Church in Nigeria.
Archbishop Njongonkulu Ndungane is to convene a two-day conference on reparations for various categories of apartheid survivors, who he believes are the responsibility of every South African.
The Archbishop of Cape Town, Njongonkulu Ndungane, opened the Diocese of Cape Town’s 60th session of Synod by calling on the church to "make a difference to the lives of those we meet in our everyday life".
