By Austin Ogwuda
…. says the new Archbishop of Canterbury, Sarah Mullally is a strong supporter of same-sex mariage
… It is an abomination to wed a couple of the same sex in Nigeria
The Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) has declared spiritual independence from the Church of England, rejecting the appointment of Bishop Sarah Mullally as the new Archbishop of Canterbury.
It emphatically stated that it would no longer accept the leadership of the Church of England and that of the newly appointed Archbishop of Canterbury, Sarah Mullally, reaffirming its commitment to the Global Anglican Future Conference (GAFCON) and its principles.
This position is contained in a strongly worded press statement signed by the Primate of the Church of Nigeria, the Most Rev’d Henry C. Ndukuba.
The statement recalled Bishop Mullally’s 2023 remarks following a vote by the Church of England to approve blessings for same-sex couples, in which she described the outcome as “a moment of hope” for the Church.
The statement said her support for same-sex marriage and her elevation as the first female to hold the position signify a troubling moral decline within the leadership of the Anglican Communion.
as devastating and insensitive, accusing the Church of England of ignoring the deep divisions already facing the global Anglican community.
“This election is a double jeopardy. First, it disregards the conviction of the majority of Anglicans who cannot accept female headship in the episcopate and second, it is more disturbing that Bishop Sarah Mullally is a strong supporter of same-sex mariage.
“It remains to be seen how the same person hopes to mend the already torn fabric of the Anglican Communion by the contentious same-sex marriage, which has caused enormous crisis across the Communion for over two decades.
“On our part as a member of the GAFCON family”, the statement went on, “the Church of Nigeria affirms the GAFCON position unreservedly and reaffirms our earlier stance to uphold the authority of the Scriptures, our historic creeds, evangelism and holy Christian living, irrespective of the ongoing revisionist agenda”.
