He said that African Archbishops under their organization, the Council of Anglican Bishops of Africa, are struggling to strengthen Church work in Africa including fighting against HIV/AIDS scourge.

Orombi said that they are devoted to the promotion of education, good leadership, evangelism and development. He commended President Museveni and his government for the prevailing freedom of worship in Uganda and the support to the Church over time

"Now combine that," continued Bishop Langberg, "with the new Bishopess-elect's statement (in her homily at the Convention's concluding Eucharist) that 'Our mother Jesus gives birth to a new creation'. I don't know what religion she represents, but I know it isn't Christianity. The Episcopal Church many of us knew and loved is obviously dead, although we can probably expect the corpse to be around until the money runs out."

Bishop KATHARINE JEFFERTS SCHORI (Presiding Bishop-Elect, U.S. Episcopal Church): Well, the church is a community that is really called to transform the world around it. That takes different forms in different places. Each one of us has got a piece to play in that kind of work.

Nigerian Archbishop Peter Akinola, head of the Council of Anglican Provinces of Africa, said in the letter that Anglican primates from the developing world would meet in September to give a more detailed statement on the U.S. church.

Akinola, one of the Church's most outspoken voices against gay rights, said that the African bishops had carefully followed what was said at a U.S. Anglican convention this week in Ohio.