Anglican Church of Kenya
Anglican Church of Kenya | |
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Holy Bible | |
Theology | Anglican doctrine |
Polity | Episcopal |
Primate | Jackson Ole Sapit |
Associations | Anglican Communion, GAFCON, Global South |
Headquarters | Nairobi, Kenya |
Territory | Kenya |
Members | 5,000,000 |
Official website | www |
The Anglican Church of Kenya (ACK) is a province of the
History
The church was founded as the diocese of Eastern Equatorial Africa (
The Anglican Church of Kenya has been politically active throughout its history. As the official church of the colonial power, the Anglican missions enjoyed a privileged position, and Anglican preachers sharply denounced the Mau Mau rebellion in the 1950s. A number of Kikuyu
Membership
As of 2008 there were 4,500,000 Anglicans out of an estimated population of 43,000,000, that formed 10.6% of Kenyan's population.[8]
Archbishops
The primate of the Church is the Archbishop of All Kenya. The see is fixed at Nairobi. He was previously styled "Archbishop of Kenya and Bishop of Nairobi", but the Diocese of Nairobi has now been divided into two. The Bishop of Nairobi has the geographically larger diocese, whilst there is a separate diocese of All Saints', based around All Saints' Cathedral. The primate's title is now "Primate and Archbishop of All Kenya".[9] The current archbishop is the sixth since the Province of East Africa was divided into the Provinces of Kenya and Tanzania.
- Festo Olang', 1970–1980
- Manasses Kuria, 1980–1994
- David Gitari, 1997–2002
- Benjamin Nzimbi, 2002–2009
- Eliud Wabukala, 2009–2016[10]
- Jackson Ole Sapit, 2016–present[11]
Wabukala announced he would retire on 26 June 2016.[10] An election for a new archbishop was held at a special meeting of synod at All Saints' Cathedral in Nairobi on 20 May 2016, and Jackson Ole Sapit was elected as the new primate.[11] Sapit was installed as the sixth archbishop and primate of Kenya at All Saints' Cathedral in Nairobi on 3 July 2016.[12]
Structure
The polity of the Anglican Church of Kenya is
Dioceses
- Diocese of All Saints' Cathedral - current See of the Archbishop of Kenya
- Diocese of Garissa
- Diocese of Kajiado
- Diocese of Kitui
- Diocese of Machakos
- Diocese of Makueni
- Diocese of Malindi
- Diocese of Mombasa - the oldest diocese in Kenya
- Diocese of Nairobi - formerly the See of the Archbishop of Kenya
- Diocese of Taita-Tavita
- Episcopate of the Armed Forces
- Diocese of Bondo
- Diocese of Bungoma
- Diocese of Butere
- Diocese of Maseno East
- Diocese of Maseno North
- Diocese of Maseno South
- Diocese of Maseno West
- Diocese of Nambale
- Diocese of Katakwa
- Diocese of Mumias
- Diocese of Southern Nyanza
- Diocese of Embu
- Diocese of Kirinyaga
- Diocese of Marsabit
- Diocese of Mbeere
- Diocese of Meru
- Diocese of Mount Kenya Central
- Diocese of Mount Kenya East
- Diocese of Mount Kenya South
- Diocese of Mount Kenya West
- Diocese of Murang'a South
- Diocese of Thika
- Diocese of Eldoret
- Diocese of Kapsabet
- Diocese of Kericho
- Diocese of Kitale
- Diocese of Maralal
- Diocese of Nakuru
- Diocese of Nyahururu
- Baringo Missionary Area
- Lodwar Missionary Area
Each diocese is divided into
Worship and liturgy
The Anglican Church of Kenya, like all Anglican churches, embraces the three traditional Orders of ministry: deacon, priest, and bishop. A local variant of the Book of Common Prayer is used.
Doctrine and practice
The center of the Anglican Church of Kenya's teaching is the life and resurrection of
- Jesus Christ is fully human and fully God. He died and was resurrected from the dead.
- Jesus provides the way of eternal life for those who believe.
- The Old and New Testaments of the Bible were written by people "under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit". The Apocrypha are additional books that are used in Christian worship, but not for the formation of doctrine.
- The two great and necessary sacraments are Holy Baptism and Holy Eucharist
- Other unction.
- Belief in Jesus's return in glory.
The threefold sources of authority in Anglicanism are scripture, tradition, and reason. These three sources uphold and critique each other in a dynamic way. This balance of scripture, tradition and reason is traced to the work of Richard Hooker, a sixteenth-century apologist. In Hooker's model, scripture is the primary means of arriving at doctrine and things stated plainly in scripture are accepted as true. Issues that are ambiguous are determined by tradition, which is checked by reason.[17]
Ecumenical relations
Like many other Anglican churches, the Anglican Church of Kenya is a member of the ecumenical
Anglican realignment
The Anglican Church of Kenya is a member of the
The second Global Anglican Future Conference was held at All Saints Cathedral, Nairobi, from 21 October to 26 October 2013. The focus was the shared Anglican future, discussing the missionary theme, "Making Disciples of the Lord Jesus Christ".[24]
The Anglican Church of Kenya was represented at
See also
- List of the largest Protestant bodies
References
Citations
- ^ "The Anglican Church of Kenya 2020". Retrieved 7 November 2021.
- ^ "List of Dioceses (Anglican Church of Kenya)".
- ^ "OUR HISTORY - ACK". Anglican Church of Kenya. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
- ISSN 1740-3553.
- ^ "The Anglican Church of Kenya". The Anglican Communion Office. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
- ^ Muchiri Githige 1982, pp. 110–125.
- ^ Sabar-Friedman 1995, pp. 429–453.
- ^ Kagema 2008, p. 62.
- ^ "All Saints Cathedral Diocese". The Anglican Communion Office. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
- ^ a b Drake 2016a.
- ^ a b Drake 2016b.
- ^ "Anglican Church of Kenya". www.ackenya.org. Archived from the original on 13 July 2016. Retrieved 3 July 2016.
- ^ "eastandard.net". Archived from the original on 8 January 2006. Retrieved 8 January 2006.
- ^ nation.co.ke 1056
- ^ Anglican Church of Kenya approves reorganisation plan
- ^ nation.co.ke 1214
- ^ Anglican Listening Archived 5 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine Detail on how scripture, tradition, and reason work to "uphold and critique each other in a dynamic way".
- ^ http://www.oikoumene.org/?id=3587 World Council of Churches
- ^ Carlos Miranda (27 October 2009). "The Catholic Evangelical". Retrieved 5 March 2015.
- ^ "KENYA: Anglican Primate Recognizes ACNA in Resurrection Message - Virtueonline – The Voice for Global Orthodox Anglicanism". Retrieved 5 March 2015.
- ^ mmacdonald (4 August 2021). "Trinity Church Wall Street Provides more than $675,000 in Emergency COVID Aid to Partners in Africa, Latin America, and Asia". Episcopal News Service. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
- ^ "Rose Okeno consecrated as first female bishop of the Anglican Church of Kenya". Citizentv.co.ke. 13 September 2021. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
- ^ Conger, George (13 September 2021). "Third woman bishop for GAFCON consecrated". Anglican Ink © 2021. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
- ^ Anglican Mainstream "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 19 October 2013. Retrieved 18 October 2013.
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- ^ Wanga, Justus; Amadala, Benson (2 August 2021). "Kenya: Ven Rose Okeno Elected ACK's First Female Bishop". allAfrica.com. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
- ^ Abuga, Eric. "Anglican Church of Kenya gets it second female Bishop". The Standard. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
- ^ "Amid hesitation in African Anglican provinces, Kenya appoints first two women bishops". Religion News Service. 5 August 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
- ^ lwilson (6 August 2021). "Anglican Church in Kenya appoints first two women bishops". Episcopal News Service. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
Sources
- Drake, Gavin (9 May 2016a). "Primate approaches retirement with call to trust". Anglican Communion News Service. Anglican Communion Office. Retrieved 9 May 2016.
- Drake, Gavin (20 May 2016b). "Bishop Jackson Ole Sapit elected as next Archbishop of Kenya". Anglican Communion News Service. Anglican Communion Office. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
- Muchiri Githige, Renison (1982). "The Mission State Relationship in Colonial Kenya: a Summary". Journal of Religion in Africa. 13 (2): 110–125. ISSN 0022-4200.
- Kagema, Dickson Nkonge (2008). Leadership training for mission in the Anglican Church of Kenya (PDF) (PhD). University of South Africa. hdl:10500/3252.
- Sabar-Friedman, Calia (1995). "'Politics' and 'Power' in the Kenyan Public Discourse and Recent Events: The Church of the Province of Kenya (CPK)". Canadian Journal of African Studies. 29 (3): 429–453. ISSN 0008-3968.
Further reading
- Anglicanism, Neill, Stephen. Harmondsworth, 1965.
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