Kenya Anglican Church Cuts Ties With ECUSA
The Anglican Church of Kenya announced its intention to sever all links with the Episcopal Church of America (ECUSA) and called for its expulsion of from the global Anglican Communion.
The announcement came after a three-day meeting in Nairobi, Kenya.
Last week, the ECUSA and the Canadian Anglican Church were banned from two key international Anglican gatherings for three years. The two churches, however, were not completely expelled from the global body.
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The Kenyan Church, one of many conservative churches that adamantly opposed the ECUSA's decision to ordain an openly homosexual bishop, preferred a stronger punishment.
"Unless they repent and recant same-sex marriage, we have nothing to do with them," said Archbishop of Kenya Benjamin Nzimbi who chaired the meeting at All Saints Cathedral.
According to the Standard Newspaper of Nairobi, the Kenya church also said it would not send its clergy to any church within the Communion that allows same-sex marriage, and would forgo unspecified financial aid from the U.S. branch.
Nzimbi said Kenya's position was made clear at last week's meeting of the Anglican Consultative Council (ACC), one of the top decision-making bodies of the Anglican Communion.
"We have severed links with ECUSA and other churches which believe in same-sex unions," Nzimbi said at a press conference.
