In January 2016, The Most Rev. Stanley Ntagali together with a number of other Bishops withdrew from the Anglican church negotiations in Canterbury after raising concern that the process set up for the meeting would not permit him and others to address the unfinished business from the 2007 Primates Meeting in Dar es Salaam. Such issues included same sex marriages where the Anglican Church in Canada had endorsed blessings for same-sex unions and TEC altered its marriage definition.
“My sense of the meeting at the time was that the leadership was not serious about restoring godly order in the Communion. Even after the vote was taken, I confess I was not convinced that it would have any impact on the common life of the Anglican Communion and, therefore, would not restore Biblical faith and godly order in the Anglican Communion.” says Rev. Stanley Ntagali in a statement that was released by the Church of Uganda today.
In the same letter addressed to the Bishops, Clergy, and Lay Leaders in the Church of Uganda, Rev Stanley has confirmed that the Church of Uganda’s Provincial Assembly resolved that the Church of Uganda will not participate in meetings of the Anglican Communion which include an upcoming April meeting of the Anglican Consultative Council (ACC) until godly order is restored.
“There will be a GAFCON Primates Council meeting in Chile in April, and we will discuss how to continue advancing the mission of GAFCON as a renewal movement within the Anglican Communion. As I have stated previously, we are not leaving the Anglican Communion; we are the Anglican Communion. We uphold the Biblical and historic faith of Anglicans and have come together in fellowship with other Provinces and national fellowships that have made the same decision,” he stated
He says that GAFCON Fellowship seeks to bring renewal to the Anglican Communion through the Jerusalem Declaration – keeping the Word of God Incarnate and the Word of God written at the center of our fellowship, upholding the historic Anglican confessions of faith, and using a councilor model to order our common life.
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File Photo – The chairman of the Uganda Joint Christian Council (UJCC), the Rev. Stanley Ntagali (2R), with executive secretary Sylvester Arinaitwe at their offices in Kampala 2013. Speaking to journalists then, the Rev. Ntagali said the UJCC is not supporting the marriage Bill. Photo Credit ABUBAKER LUBOWA
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