Peter Akinola Preaching Stateside
Nigeria Anglican Archbishop Peter Akinola‘s tightening his grip on America’s soul. The virulent homophobe will pay Woodbridge, Virginia a little visit to appoint former Episcopal clergyman Martyn Minns as the leader of Akinola’s Convocation of Anglicans in North America.
Born from the never-ending gay debate, Akinola’s Nigeria-based Convocation aims to recruit conservative Americans into his Bible-thumping fold. American Episcopal leader Katharine Jefferts Schori has pleaded with Akinola to back off her territory, but it seems Akinola’s hellbent on a bit of religious colonization. Akinola replied by saying that the CANA will:
provide a safe place for those who wish to remain faithful Anglicans but can no longer do so within the Episcopal Church as it is currently being led.
Holy bitchiness!
The Convocation came into being last December, when a number of American Episcopal churches aligned themselves with Akinola’s conservative congregation. Speaking on his installation, Minns remarked:
For us, we felt that waiting for one more meeting and one more deadline – too many folks were getting lost in the middle, so for us, it was time to move on…
Perhaps a move to Nigeria would do you good, then…
Nigerian Anglican helps U.S. group [Centre Daily]
What i find amazing is that Katy Schori thinks she has any territory. Those days are over. Having read her sad letter to Archbishop Akinola (which, though a private letter, she had PUBLISHED on the Episcopal Church’s website) and the good Archbishop’s stinging rebuke, she is in over her head. She is definitely working below her pay grade. And she should have figured out a long time ago that Black people don’t take orders from White people any more! Katy is what happens when you send a woman to do a man’s job. She really needs to put some of her time and energy in trying to figure out a way to GROW her denomination, instead of interfering with those who have already left. With less than 700,000 attendees on a na average Sunday, the denomination is smaller than an average DIOCESE in Nigeria! As the denominations continues to grey, age, shrink and fragment, eventually it will be just a blip on the religious landscape.