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Saturday, December 10, 2011

Out of Africa: What AMIA's Exodus from Rwanda Portends for Global Christianity


Break underscores the difficulty of shifting denominational power across cultures and continents.

Divorce is messy, the lessons from a failed marriage often complicated.

Such is the case with this week's split of the Anglican Mission in the Americas (AMIA) from its majority-world leadership in the Church of Rwanda.

Until the 11-year-old partnership crumbled, it seemed to embody the potential for Global South church leaders to rise up and provide spiritual oversight and direction in the developed world.

Now? To read more, click here.

This article is very revealing in that its author and the authors he quotes appear to know very little about the real causes of Bishop Chuck Murphy's break with the Anglican Church of Rwanda. The article also buys into Bishop Murphy's claim that he and the bishops who resigned with him are the AMiA.

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