From netman at cpsa.org.za Mon Jun 9 12:53:59 2008 From: netman at cpsa.org.za (Netman) Date: Mon Jun 9 12:54:06 2008 Subject: [Cpsa.news] Fw ARCHBISHOP URGES MONITORS AFTER ZIMBABWE VISIT Message-ID: <002a01c8ca1f$1f7c35d0$a858f729@jenkins> Issued by: Anglican Church of Southern Africa Anglican Archbishop Thabo Makgoba, who has just returned to Cape Town after a visit to Zimbabwe, said today (Sunday) the levels of intimidation in the country underlined "the crucial importance" of deploying large numbers of international election monitors. "There is no doubt that Zimbabwe is a police state," he said in a statement after making a pastoral visit to the country's Anglican bishops. The full text of his statement follows: The levels of intimidation I witnessed on a visit to Zimbabwe last week underline the crucial importance of deploying large numbers of both international and local election monitors, from civil society as well as from governmental organisations, for the June 27 presidential run-off. On a four-hour trip from Harare to Masvingo, we passed nine police roadblocks and were stopped at every one. Most visible were uniformed police armed with rifles, and groups of men, women and young people chanting in the streets, "Mugabe, what should we do with the sell-outs, tell us," and two trucks transporting such groups to instil fear in others. There is no doubt that Zimbabwe is a police state. Along the road to Masvingo, once-prosperous farms were derelict. Long queues of people stretched from shops. Hyper-inflation, poverty and hunger is their daily reality. I apologised to the Anglican bishops of Zimbabwe for the xenophobic attacks their compatriots in South Africa have suffered, and assured them of our support and prayers. Their practical involvement in responding to their people's need for food, education and health care points the way to post-election rebuilding and reconciliation. This is a kairos moment for them and all of us - an opportunity to seize on the hope that the people of Zimbabwe still hold onto, and to build on it to renew society. Issued by the Office of the Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town Inquiries: Cheryl Vallay - 021- 763-1320 (office hours) From netman at cpsa.org.za Fri Jun 13 20:58:00 2008 From: netman at cpsa.org.za (Netman) Date: Fri Jun 13 20:58:08 2008 Subject: [Cpsa.news] Fw: Zimbabwe is facing Civil War: Church (CNS Report) Message-ID: <004a01c8cd87$67c06440$6d78f229@jenkins> Zimbabwe is facing a civil war: Church CAPE TOWN, South Africa (CNS): Zimbabweans in rural areas "fear for their lives", a Church official said after a report warned that Zimbabwe is headed toward civil war. Post-election attacks have been "most severe" in rural areas, and many Zimbabweans in these areas may be too afraid to vote for the opposition in the run-off presidential election on June 27, head of Zimbabwe's Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace, Alouis Chaumba said. However, many people in the country's towns and cities "are motivated to vote again to ensure an end to the present system", he told Catholic News Service in a May 26 telephone interview from the capital, Harare. "Many communities feel that voting will be an act of solidarity with their friends who have been killed or wounded in the violence, so that they did not die in vain," Mr Chaumba said. A report on post-election violence in Zimbabwe by the Solidarity Peace Trust, an ecumenical group of Church organisations from Zimbabwe and South Africa, said, "There needs to be a general recognition that Zimbabwe is sinking fast into the conditions of a civil war, propelled largely by the increasing reliance on violence by the ruling party to stay in power, and the rapidly shrinking spaces for any form of peaceful political intervention." The report, released in Johannesburg, South Africa, on May 21, contained about 50 eyewitness accounts of orchestrated beatings, torture and the destruction of homes and shops. The results of the March 29 parliamentary and presidential elections are "a clear message that, despite the extremely harsh and repressive political environment in which elections have been conducted in Zimbabwe, the people of the country found the 'resources of hope' required to say no to continued authoritarian rule," it said. In their late May newsletter, Zimbabwe's Jesuits said there had been "vicious, premeditated violence" on an unprecedented scale in the country since the elections. They urged opposition supporters who have been attacked by government agents to resist the temptation to retaliate, saying this would be "civil war". Fr Chris Townsend Information Officer Southern African Catholic Bishops' Conference (SACBC) P.O.Box 341 Pretoria 0001 South Africa Khanya House - 399 Paul Kruger Street, Pretoria, 0001 Tel: +27 (0)12 323 6458 Fax: +27 (0) 12 326 6218 Mobile: +27(0)82 783 4729 www.sacbc.org.za -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.sn.apc.org/pipermail/cpsa.news/attachments/20080613/fcc64a04/attachment.html From peoadmin at anglicanchurchsa.org.za Tue Jun 17 14:51:58 2008 From: peoadmin at anglicanchurchsa.org.za (Gail Allen) Date: Tue Jun 17 14:52:11 2008 Subject: [Cpsa.news] Ad Laos Message-ID: <74B93884A10447449DCF1F28063E78B502F5A9DE@BG-EXVS01.he.businessgateway.co.za> Skipped content of type multipart/alternative-------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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The Cross as the source of Revival. The Holy Spirit as power for Witness and the Word of God as sanctifying power for believers. It is aimed at key Christian leaders from across Southern Africa. Our Vision: This programme is built around three great resources for transformation: a.. The cross, the foundation experience and motif for revival. b.. The Holy Spirit that empowers the Church for witness from the experience of anointing and renewal. c.. The Word of God, that purifies and sanctifies the Christian life. Our vision is that Christians and the Church turn from all the allurement of other powers and receive true empowerment for Christian service that will bring change and righteousness throughout Southern Africa. Who Should Attend This Workshop? a.. Christian leaders in all walks of life and especially those in leadership roles in congregations and denominations. b.. Persons who feel called to be Gods agents for transformation. Recommendation by Dr Michael Cassidy: "This conference will be a special highlight for AELTC in 2008. Revival, renewal and moral regeneration are the major needs of the church right now, and this conference will point the way." For more leadership training opportunities, please visit us at: http://leadership.aeinternational.org Click here to unsubscribe from this newsletter. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.sn.apc.org/pipermail/cpsa.news/attachments/20080620/e0fa82b2/attachment.htm From scottsilk at wisenet.co.za Wed Jun 18 11:04:12 2008 From: scottsilk at wisenet.co.za (ScottSilk) Date: Fri Jun 20 20:59:48 2008 Subject: [Cpsa.news] Re: [Cpsa.chat] Ad Laos References: <74B93884A10447449DCF1F28063E78B502F5A9DE@BG-EXVS01.he.businessgateway.co.za> Message-ID: <007201c8d122$4ffec8d0$0200a8c0@HP18045114631> Ad LaosDear Gail I would like to suggest that you send ++Thabo's Ad Laos communications to all the known Diocesan web sites. Not everybody is on Cpsachat or Cpsanews. Mary Jean Silk Cathedral, JHB ----- Original Message ----- From: Gail Allen To: cpsa.news@lists.sn.apc.org ; cpsa.chat@lists.sn.apc.org Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 2:51 PM Subject: [Cpsa.chat] Ad Laos Attached please find the Archbishop's June 'Ad Laos'. Gail E Allen (Mrs) Provincial Executive Administrator Provincial Executive Office Anglican Church of Southern Africa 20 Bishopscourt Drive BISHOPSCOURT 7708 Western Cape Fax: 021 797 1329 Switchboard: 086 100 1171 ext 1328 International: 021 763 1300 ext 1328 e-mail: peoadmin@anglicanchurchsa.org.za web: www.anglicanchurchsa.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Cpsa.chat mailing list Cpsa.chat@lists.sn.apc.org http://lists.sn.apc.org/mailman/listinfo/cpsa.chat -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.sn.apc.org/pipermail/cpsa.news/attachments/20080618/c4420d9e/attachment-0001.html From netman at cpsa.org.za Mon Jun 30 18:19:49 2008 From: netman at cpsa.org.za (Netman) Date: Mon Jun 30 18:20:00 2008 Subject: [Cpsa.news] Fw: ACNS4417 Archbishop of Canterbury responds to GAFCON statement Message-ID: <013701c8dacd$1f6d3260$d75cf729@jenkins> > Archbishop of Canterbury responds to GAFCON statement > > Posted On : June 30, 2008 5:04 PM | Posted By : Webmaster > ACNS: > The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, has responded to the > final declaration of the Global Anglican Future Conference with the > following statement: > > The Final Statement from the GAFCON meeting in Jordan and Jerusalem > contains much that is positive and encouraging about the priorities of > those who met for prayer and pilgrimage in the last week. The 'tenets of > orthodoxy' spelled out in the document will be acceptable to and shared > by the vast majority of Anglicans in every province, even if there may > be differences of emphasis and perspective on some issues. I agree that > the Communion needs to be united in its commitments on these matters, > and I have no doubt that the Lambeth Conference will wish to affirm all > these positive aspects of GAFCON's deliberations. Despite the claims of > some, the conviction of the uniqueness of Jesus Christ as Lord and God > and the absolute imperative of evangelism are not in dispute in the > common life of the Communion > > However, GAFCON's proposals for the way ahead are problematic in all > sorts of ways, and I urge those who have outlined these to think very > carefully about the risks entailed. > > A 'Primates' Council' which consists only of a self-selected group from > among the Primates of the Communion will not pass the test of legitimacy > for all in the Communion. And any claim to be free to operate across > provincial boundaries is fraught with difficulties, both theological and > practical - theological because of our historic commitments to mutual > recognition of ministries in the Communion, practical because of the > obvious strain of responsibly exercising episcopal or primatial > authority across enormous geographical and cultural divides. > > Two questions arise at once about what has been proposed. By what > authority are Primates deemed acceptable or unacceptable members of any > new primatial council? And how is effective discipline to be maintained > in a situation of overlapping and competing jurisdictions? > > No-one should for a moment impute selfish or malicious motives to those > who have offered pastoral oversight to congregations in other provinces; > these actions, however we judge them, arise from pastoral and spiritual > concern. But one question has repeatedly been raised which is now > becoming very serious: how is a bishop or primate in another continent > able to discriminate effectively between a genuine crisis of pastoral > relationship and theological integrity, and a situation where there are > underlying non-theological motivations at work? We have seen instances > of intervention in dioceses whose leadership is unquestionably orthodox > simply because of local difficulties of a personal and administrative > nature. We have also seen instances of clergy disciplined for scandalous > behaviour in one jurisdiction accepted in another, apparently without > due process. Some other Christian churches have unhappy experience of > this problem and it needs to be addressed honestly. > > It is not enough to dismiss the existing structures of the Communion. If > they are not working effectively, the challenge is to renew them rather > than to improvise solutions that may seem to be effective for some in > the short term but will continue to create more problems than they > solve. This challenge is one of the most significant focuses for the > forthcoming Lambeth Conference. One of its major stated aims is to > restore and deepen confidence in our Anglican identity. And this task > will require all who care as deeply as the authors of the statement say > they do about the future of Anglicanism to play their part. > > The language of 'colonialism' has been freely used of existing patterns. > No-one is likely to look back with complacency to the colonial legacy. > But emerging from the legacy of colonialism must mean a new co-operation > of equals, not a simple reversal of power. If those who speak for GAFCON > are willing to share in a genuine renewal of all our patterns of > reflection and decision-making in the Communion, they are welcome, > especially in the shaping of an effective Covenant for our future > together. > > I believe that it is wrong to assume we are now so far apart that all > those outside the GAFCON network are simply proclaiming another gospel. > This is not the case; it is not the experience of millions of faithful > and biblically focused Anglicans in every province. What is true is > that, on all sides of our controversies, slogans, misrepresentations and > caricatures abound. And they need to be challenged in the name of the > respect and patience we owe to each other in Jesus Christ. > > I have in the past quoted to some in the Communion who would call > themselves radical the words of the Apostle in I Cor.11.33: 'wait for > one another'. I would say the same to those in whose name this statement > has been issued. An impatience at all costs to clear the Lord's field of > the weeds that may appear among the shoots of true life (Matt.13.29) > will put at risk our clarity and effectiveness in communicating just > those evangelical and catholic truths which the GAFCON statement > presents. > > (c) Rowan Williams > > ___________________________________________________________________ Anglican Communion News Service, London,