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A group of conservative Anglicans announced the formation of a council to lead the global Anglican Communion, challenging the authority of the Archbishop of Canterbury. The council includes bishops, clergy, and lay members, each with voting privileges, and elected Rwandan Archbishop Laurent Mbanda as chairman, emphasizing shared leadership rather than a primus inter pares model.
At a conference in Nigeria, conservative Anglicans established a council to lead the global Anglican Communion, directly challenging the authority of the Archbishop of Canterbury. The council comprises bishops, clergy, and lay members with voting rights, and unanimously elected Rwandan Archbishop Laurent Mbanda as chairman, advocating for a conciliar structure over traditional leadership models.
Conservative Anglicans announced the formation of a council to lead the global Anglican Communion, challenging the authority of the Archbishop of Canterbury. The council includes bishops, clergy, and lay members with voting privileges, and elected Rwandan Archbishop Laurent Mbanda as chairman, emphasizing shared leadership over a primus inter pares model.
Conservative Anglicans established a council to lead the global Anglican Communion, directly challenging the authority of the Archbishop of Canterbury. The council comprises bishops, clergy, and lay members with voting rights, and unanimously elected Rwandan Archbishop Laurent Mbanda as chairman, advocating for a conciliar structure over traditional leadership models.
Conservative Anglican bishops, opposing the Church of England's appointment of its first female Archbishop of Canterbury, Sarah Mullally, announced the creation of a new body to lead them. The Global Anglican Future Conference named Laurent Mbanda, the archbishop of Rwanda, as the chairman of the new council in Nigeria’s capital Abuja.
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