Anglican Factions In Zimbabwe Struggle Over Control

Virtue Online today carries a report from the Feb. 1 Christian Post on the struggle between two Anglican factions in Harare, Zimbabwe. Controversy began in 2007 when Nolbert Kunonga, a supporter of President Robert Mugabe's regime, accused the Anglican Province of Central Africa of being pro-gay. Kunonga said he was withdrawing the Diocese of Harare from the Province. He set up his own rival Anglican province, appointed himself archbishop and claimed church property. A High Court ordered the two factions to share church buildings, but Kunonga, with the help of police are blocking access to church buildings by those loyal to the official Province of Central Africa. For the past two years they have been forced to hold services outside.