By Ebi Kesiena
The Church of Uganda Archbishop, Reverend Stephen Samuel Kaziimba has said they have decided to cut ties with the Anglican Church authority in Canterbury, England.
In a statement, Kaziimba said the main reason was because of the move by the church to bless same-sex marriages.
Kaziimba released the statement shortly after the end of the Global Anglican Future Conference over the weekend.
“The Church of England General Synod’s decision to provide prayers of blessing to same-sex unions and the Archbishop of Canterbury’s enthusiastic support of it are decisions we cannot recognise and have resulted in the breaking of fellowship with him and the Church of England.
“We have recognised that the Archbishop of Canterbury has abdicated his historic place as the “First among Equals” among the Primates and Churches of the Anglican Communion, and we no longer recognise him as our leader.” the statement read.
Anglican Church leaders from 52 nations met for the Global Anglican Future Conference in Rwanda Kigali.
The conference took hosted 1302 delegates, including 315 bishops, 456 other clergies and 531 laities.
The GAFCON conference comes just two months after the Church of England moved to bless same-sex unions, a move that created a rift in the church as some were not in support of it.
Many African church leaders stood against the decision. From the GAFCON conference, the members re-affirmed their commitment to Resolution 1.10 of the Lambeth Conference which declares homosexual activities as being incompatible with the sculpture.
