Thursday, August 26, 2010

ENTEBBE: Ugandan Archbishop says Africa Must Re-Evangelize Europe & Nth. America

ENTEBBE: Ugandan Archbishop Says Africa Must Re-Evangelize Europe and North America
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By David W. Virtue in Entebbe
www.virtueonline.org
August 24, 2010

Eschewing homosexuality, the leader of Uganda's Anglican Church of 10.2 million Anglicans says African Anglican leaders are poised to take the gospel back to Europe and North America.

Archbishop Henry Luke Orombi told 400 African Anglicans bishops in the presence of the Archbishop of Canterbury Dr. Rowan Williams and Uganda's Prime Minister that there is a hunger for the Word of God in England where he recently spoke to 17,000 people. "I called back home to send missionaries to America and Europe to take back the gospel from these sending nations. It is an ailing church in need of guidance."

Addressing delegates to the All Africa Bishops conference sponsored by CAPA - the Council of Anglican provinces of Africa, Orombi said, "We must be free to go to Europe and to the Mother Church [CofE] desperate for the gospel."

Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org

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