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Southern Africa Synod Report

Southern Africa Synod Report

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.

14 July 2005

Nobel Peace Laureate to launch Faith Communities' Institute

Nobel Peace Laureate to launch Faith Communities' Institute

Nobel Peace Laureate for 2004, Professor Wangari Maathai who founded the Green Belt Movement in Kenya, is to launch the newly-established South African Faith Communities Environment Institute (SAFCEI) on July 20 in Johannesburg.

12 July 2005

Diocese Of Grahamstown Gives Land To Poor

Diocese Of Grahamstown Gives Land To Poor

The Diocese of Grahamstown is now actively involved with a Land Justice program, transferring the ownership of church-owned land to local people in the poorer rural areas.

14 June 2005

Archbishop Ndungane Indicts World Leaders On Poverty

Archbishop Ndungane Indicts World Leaders On Poverty

In a sermon to leaders and representatives from over 40 religious organisations, including every major faith group, Anglican Archbishop, Njongonkulu Ndungane said that he believes public opinion against poverty "is growing like never before." 

10 June 2005

Statement from The Church of the Province of Southern Africa

Statement from The Church of the Province of Southern Africa

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

06 May 2005

Inter-Faith Service Sermon: Global Week of Action on Trade

Inter-Faith Service Sermon: Global Week of Action on Trade

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.

14 April 2005

Archbishop challenges USA to share American Dream

Archbishop challenges USA to share American Dream

The Archbishop of Cape Town, the Most Revd Njongonkulu Ndungane gave the annual Martin Luther King Jr. lecture at Duke Divinity School in North Carolina, USA yesterday

11 April 2005

New plan of action for South African Church

New plan of action for South African Church

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. 

18 March 2005

CPSA to assess role in society

CPSA to assess role in society

The Church of the Province of Southern Africa or CPSA is to hold a planning meeting from Monday 14 March evening until Thursday 17 March in Kempton Park, Johannesburg. This meeting was called in response to a decision by Archbishop Ndungane and a representative body of clergy and laity that there is a need for the CPSA to rethink its current modus operandi if it wants to make a tangible difference in the world in which it exists.

15 March 2005

Anglican Church launches new HIV/AIDS web site

Anglican Church launches new HIV/AIDS web site

"AIDS is not God's punishment for the wicked...AIDS is a disease." This quote from Anglican Archbishop, the Most Revd Njongonkulu Ndungane, is what scrolls across the home page of the new Anglican Church HIV & AIDS web site to be launched on Thursday this week [10 Feb].

09 February 2005