FILE : Rwanda's Laurent Mbanda selected for new global Anglican council leadership

Record ID: 2362025

  • Title: FILE : Rwanda's Laurent Mbanda selected for new global Anglican council leadership
  • Date: 5th March 2026
  • Summary: KIGALI, RWANDA (FILE - FEBRUARY 20, 2025) (REUTERS) (SOUNDBITE) (English) NEWLY ELECTED ANGLICAN COUNCIL LEADER,  LAURENT MBANDA, SAYING: "Gafcon is the Communion. Gafcon is within the Communion. Gafcon has never left the Communion and they will not leave the Communion but will let those who choose to depart from the scripture, who choose to depart from the orthodox teachi
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  • Keywords: anglican archbishop communion gafcon leader religion
  • Location: KIGALI, RWANDA
  • City: KIGALI, RWANDA
  • Country: Rwanda
  • Topics: Africa,Religion/Belief,Society/Social Issues
  • Reuters ID: LVA001124005032026RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: A group of conservative Anglicans meeting at a conference in Nigeria on Thursday (March 5) said they want the global Anglican Communion to be led by a council, directly challenging the authority of the Archbishop of Canterbury.
    The proposed council would include bishops, clergy and lay members, all with voting rights. The group unanimously elected Rwandan Archbishop Laurent Mbanda as its chairman, stressing that he would not serve as 'primus inter pares' (first among equals) but would share power equally within the new structure.
    (Production: Angela Ukomadu)
  • Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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