Fredrick Nzwili
Bible should be at the center of Anglican meeting, global group says
c. 2015 Religion News Service
...Proposal to loosen ties in Anglican Communion draws mixed response
A proposal to loosen the ties of the 80-million-member Anglican Communion, currently the world’s third-largest Christian body, drew a variety of reactions.
...Kenya's Council of Churches launches climate change campaign ahead of Paris conference
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...Yat Michael and Peter Yein Reith, pastors facing execution in Sudan, freed
After an international outcry, Yat Michael and Peter Yein Reith, pastors who faced possible death sentences in Sudan, were set free following a court hearing August 5.
...Kenya debates how to welcome home extremist fighters
(The Christian Science Monitor) By 4 p.m. each weekday at a parking lot in the Nairobi suburb of Eastleigh, the cars clear out.
...Abuse of religious groups spurring Eritrea migrants, UN report says
Eritrea, a country in the Horn of Africa known for having the second-largest number of migrants crossing the Mediterranean, after Syria, is committing serious religious freedom abuses, according to...
Christian teachers in northern Kenya stage walkout after recent attacks
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...As Nigeria prepares to install new president, female suicide bombings spike
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...Two pastors in Sudan face death penalty
Two Christian pastors have been jailed and face a possible death sentence in Sudan.
...Aid agencies suspend operations as church leaders work to end conflict in South Sudan
Amid killings, rapes, and abductions, the humanitarian agency World Vision indefinitely suspended its operations in South Sudan’s Unity State.
...Liberia’s United Methodists keep ban on divorced clergy becoming bishops
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...Amid rise in refugees, Congo-Brazzaville bans wearing of veils
Congo-Brazzaville, a Central African nation, has banned women from wearing a full-face veil in public, saying it hoped the measure would prevent terrorist acts.
...Global Anglican group backs away from split with Anglican Communion
Though viewed by many as schismatic, the Global Anglican Future Conference, a group of conservative Anglicans, says it is not leaving the worldwide Anglican Communion....
Josiah Atkins Idowu-Fearon appointed Anglican Communion secretary general
Josiah Atkins Idowu-Fearon, a Nigerian bishop from Kaduna, in April became the first African to be appointed as secretary general of the 85-million-member Anglican Communion.
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