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Nigerian Archbishop Signals No Compromise with Western Anglicans promoting 'Another Gospel'
Western church is engaged in 'ideological slavery' promoting teachings to overturn Bible and offer a false gospel
By David W. Virtue DD
www.virtueonline.org
October 31, 2016
The Archbishop of Nigeria, the Most Rev. Nicholas Okoh, blasted the presence of Episcopal Presiding Bishop Michael Curry's appearance in Rome with the Archbishop of Canterbury's delegation to meet the pope, when he was told specifically that he should not be involved in representing the Anglican Communion in ecumenical or interfaith relations.
"This incident is just the most recent of many failures which the Cairo Communique describes as 'the inability of the existing Communion instruments to discern truth from error and take binding ecclesiastical action'. We need alternatives. GAFCON already has its five yearly conference and its Primates' Council which provide ways for the Communion to relate on the solid basis of the shared doctrinal commitments of the Jerusalem Statement and Declaration, and I was greatly encouraged by the willingness of those of us gathered in Cairo to work together and not be divided by culture, personality clashes or secondary issues," said Okoh in his monthly GAFCON pastoral letter.
The evangelical African Primate of the largest province in the Anglican Communion, said it is increasingly clear that the Church of England is becoming the place where pressure for compromise has become most intense and he is encouraged that 88 evangelical Anglicans leaders from varied backgrounds have come together this month to sign an open letter to the English House of Bishops calling on them 'not to depart from the apostolic inheritance with which they have been entrusted'.
The Archbishop called on these leaders in the Church of England, the Mother Church of our Communion, to have courage and unity at this critical time.
The Nigerian primate commended Global South Chairman, Bishop Mouneer Anis, for his bold warning about the 'ideological slavery' which some Western Churches seek to impose on the Global South by using their money and influence to promote teachings which overturn the bible and offer a false gospel.
"I believe we see victory in our spiritual battle for a faithful Church when the orthodox are willing not only to stand, but also to stand together as we experienced in Cairo despite many cultural and historical differences. The Anglican Church in North America came about as a new province because of a willingness to surrender narrow ambitions for the sake of a wider cause and there is a lesson here in godly unity throughout our movement."
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