Archbishop Laurent Mbanda, the Chairman of the Global Anglican Future Conference (GAFCON) asserts that “The archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, lacks the moral justification to challenge GAFCON for rejecting homosexuality”. He made this assertion in a press statement. Archbishop Mbanda expressed his disappointment over Welby’s letter to the Church of Uganda that states he was in “grief” and “sorrow” over the church of Uganda’s support for the reinforcement of anti-homosexual law passed by the parliament and government of Uganda. Sadly, he did not express any grief or sorrow over the crisis that has torn apart the Anglican Communion under his…
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The Primate of the Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion, The Most Rev. Dr. Henry Ndukuba has announced the newly elected Dean of the Church of Nigeria, two Archbishops, and four Bishops for the Church after a successful Episcopal Synod held at the Basilica of Grace Anglican Church, Abuja on Tuesday 6th June 2023. The Primate who announced this in a press statement to ACNNTV called on members of the church to support and pray for the newly elected Bishops and Archbishops as they go into their new places of assignments. Those elected as bishops are; Venerable Collins Babalola for Ajayi…
The Archbishop of the Ecclesiastical Province of Niger Delta and Bishop of Ikwerre Diocese Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion), Most Reverend Blessing Chinyere Enyindah has eulogised immediate past Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike for his numerous projects, especially the consruction of overhead bridges and good road networks. He made this remarks at the Thanksgiving Service held at St. Paul’s Cathedral, Diobu, Port Harcourt, Rivers State to mark the end of the administration of the former Rivers State Governor, Barr. Nyesom Ezenwo Wike and welcome the new State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara and his Deputy, Prof. Ngozi Odu on Sunday 28th…
The Church year revolves around two cycles: the CHRISTMAS cycle (Advent, Christmas, Epiphany) the EASTER cycle (Lent, Holy Week, Easter, Pentecost). If you go back and read the Old Testament, you will discover that Pentecost was one of the Jewish feast days. Only they didn’t call it Pentecost. Pentecost is the Greek name. The Jews called it the Feast of Harvest or the Feast of Weeks. It is mentioned five places in the first five books — in Exodus 23, Exodus 24, Leviticus 16, Numbers 28, and Deuteronomy 16. Pentecost was the celebration of the beginning of the early weeks…
The Most Rev’d Henry Ndukuba, Primate of the Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion has urged Christians and indeed Nigerians to dedicate their lives to God, trust and turn to Him. He made this assertion at the dedication of St. Paul’s Anglican Church River Park Estate, Airport Road Abuja on Saturday 27th May, 2023 during his sermon. Archbishop Ndukuba who took the text of his homily from John 2:18-22 and titled it “The Temple Not Built With Hands” reminded Christians that physical structures will surely be destroyed one day but Jesus Christ is the eternal temple and those who are in…
Bishop of Ika Dioceses, Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion, Rt. Rev. Geoffrey Ekpenisi, has urged Nigerians to live a life of love for a transformed society and to enjoy eternal life. He made the call in a sermon at the commencement service of the first session of the 12th synod of the Diocese of Abuja on Thursday 18th May, 2023. The 4-day synod which is the gathering of the Bishop, Clergy and Laity delegates (both male and female) of the diocese is titled “Synodalty: The Transforming Journey with Jesus Christ” started on Thursday 18th May at St. Matthew’s Anglican Church…
The Primate of the Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion, The Most Rev’d Henry Ndukuba, has urged the incoming administration at all level to look critically into the National issues which he categorized into nine points. He stated these in his presidential address delivered during the first session of the 12th synod of Abuja Diocese with the theme: “Synodality: The Transforming Journey with Jesus Christ” which held on Saturday, 20th May, 2023 at St. Matthew’s Church Maitama, Abuja. Archbishop Ndukuba noted that having interacted with political actors, the Anglican Communion demands of the President-Elect and his Team, the Governors-elect and the…
The University on the Niger, the brain child of Diocese on the Niger, Church of Nigeria Anglican Communion, was among the first batch of Universities approved by the Federal Executive Council of Nigeria on Monday 15th May, 2023 at Abuja. This was made known by the Diocese on the Niger, Anglican Communion on their Facebook page and made available to ACNNTV today. The statement further read; University on the Niger is positioned to stand as first among equals in academic and moral excellence, through pursuit of excellence in knowledge and character building blended with high-quality teaching, research, and human development.…
[Christ] is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning and the firstborn from among the dead, so that in everything he might have the supremacy. Colossians 1:18. Greetings from Kigali, Rwanda, where the fourth Global Anglican Future Conference (GAFCON) met from 17-21 April 2023, bringing together 1,302 delegates from 52 countries, including 315 bishops, 456 other clergy and 531 laity. We were grateful for the extraordinary hospitality extended by Archbishop Laurent Mbanda and the Anglican Church of Rwanda. We were deeply saddened to hear the news of the loss of Laurent and Chantal’s son Edwin, and…
Roman Catholic priest and candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Benue State, Rev Fr Hyacinth Alia has been declared winner of the Saturday governorship election. The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, through Returning Office Prof Faruq Kuta, the Vice Chancellor of the Federal University of Technology, Minna, made the announcement on Monday in Makurdi, the state capital. Alia defeated the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP candidate, Titus Uba and Herman Lorwase Hembe of the Labour Party in a tough battle. The Catholic priest polled 473, 933 votes to defeat Titus Uba, his closest opponent who scored 223,913 votes. Recall…