|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other authors named Peter:
|
|
|
|
Author's popularity: -3
Vote:  
|
If you like or dislike this author in general or one or more of their quotes in particular, please give us your feedback by clicking on the icon to vote for, or the icon to vote against them.
|
|
Popularity: 6
Vote: | Instead of a clear call for repentance we have been offered warms words of sentimentality for those who have shown no godly sorrow for their actions. |
Popularity: 1
Vote: | It is wrong to use equal language for unequal actions. |
Popularity: 3
Vote: | The Bible says that two cannot walk together unless they are agreed. |
Popularity: 2
Vote: | We have been filled with grief as we have witnessed the decline of the North American Church that was once filled with missionary zeal and yet now seems determined to bury itself in a deadly embrace with the spirit of the age. |
Popularity: 2
Vote: | We will not, on the altar of money, mortgage our conscience, mortgage our faith, mortgage our salvation. |
|
Biography
|
Peter Jasper Akinola (born 1944) is the current Anglican Primate of Nigeria. He is also Bishop of Abuja (Nigeria's capital) and Archbishop of Province III, which covers the northern and central parts of the country. His strong fundamentalist message has made him a hero to many conservatives throughout the Anglican Communion and beyond, while liberals see him as a divisive force. A "low church" evangelical, Akinola emphasizes the Bible over tradition, and has taken a strong stand against those promoting values he considers to be incompatible with the Bible, such as homosexuality.
In August 2003 he stated that if Canon Jeffrey John was consecrated as Bishop of Reading or Gene Robinson consecrated as Bishop of New Hampshire, the Church of Nigeria would leave the Anglican Communion. A number of dioceses throughout the world, including the Diocese of Sydney, Australia made similar hints, and Akinola has been mentioned as a possible international leader of an "alternative" to the See of Canterbury.
As of November 2003, Akinola is the President of the Christian Association of Nigeria, an ecumenical body brining together Protestant, Catholic, and African independent Christians. He is also Chairman of the Council of Anglican Provinces in Africa, representing an estimated 37 million Anglicans.
...(more on Wikipedia)
|
|
This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Peter Akinola".
|
|
|