African Anglicans Targeted For Indabaed

from Stand Firm by Jackie

I would caution my friends in other parts of the world to remember a few things before they allow themselves to be indabadabadoed. Let's start with this and especially this.

The Anglican Communion’s Director for Communication Jan Butter said it is important that people everywhere have an better understanding of the Anglican Communion's rich heritage and living faith.

“Anglicans and Episcopalians worldwide support schools, clinics, hospitals, education programmes, and charities. They work with the homeless, the rejected. They speak out for the oppressed and the marginalised. They call for justice and denounce inequality, violence and abuse. Most importantly they grow the body of Christ through sharing God’s Good News.

“Sadly many local churches, dioceses and even some Provinces lack the capacity to unearth, write and share their stories with each other and the wider world. This Communications Officer will support Anglicans across Africa share their stories with, and also hear from, the 85 million members of the Anglican Communion in more than 165 countries worldwide.”

Hired from Africa and located in the Nairobi offices of the Council of Anglican Provinces of Africa (CAPA) the Communications Officer will source the best news and information from the continent. He/she will have a particular focus on eastern Africa, but will work with Provinces across Africa to share their news and information through the Anglican Communion’s information channels: the Anglican Communion News Service, its Twitter feed @acoffice and the ACNS facebook page for others to read and use. The majority of the articles will also be translated into another major Anglican Communion language.

Generously funded by a grant from long-time supporters of communications in Africa Trinity Wall Street, this position is a pilot project. After three years the hope is that African Provinces will together take on the funding of the position. If successful, the plan is to replicate the model in Asia and Oceania in the future.

Some notes from Robert Lundy at the AAC:

Whoever gets this job will be paid roughly the equivalent of $26,000. The average income in Kenya, where they will work, is $1,600. The average income on the continent of Africa is estimated between $1,000 and $2,000. Also, according to the ACO, this lucky employee will report to Jan Butter, who reports to Kenneth Kearon, who reports to Rowan Williams. So....the person who gets this job to tell the African's stories could make 20x what the average African makes, get paid by Trinity Wallstreet (whose money was rejected by CAPA) and report to Kenneth Kearon and Rowan Williams.

What are the odds someone like say Canon Doveton will get the job?