JUST-IN: Nigeria’s Anglican Church Breaks From England Over Female Archbishop Of Canterbury

The Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) has declared spiritual independency from the Church of England, rejecting the assignment of Bishop Sarah Mullally arsenic the caller Archbishop of Canterbury.

The Church said her enactment for same-sex matrimony and her elevation arsenic the archetypal pistillate to clasp the presumption signify a troubling motivation diminution wrong the enactment of the Anglican Communion.

In a connection signed by the Primate of the Church of Nigeria, the Most Rev’d Henry C. Ndukuba, the Church described the announcement made connected Friday, October 3, 2025, arsenic ‘devastating’ and ‘insensitive’, accusing the Church of England of ignoring the heavy divisions already facing the planetary Anglican community.

“This predetermination is simply a treble jeopardy. First, it disregards the condemnation of the bulk of Anglicans who cannot judge pistillate headship successful the episcopate; and second, it is much disturbing that Bishop Sarah Mullally is simply a beardown protagonist of same-sex marriage,” the connection said.

The connection recalled Bishop Mullally’s 2023 remarks pursuing a ballot by the Church of England to o.k. blessings for same-sex couples, successful which she described the result arsenic ‘a infinitesimal of hope’ for the Church.

The Nigerian Church said specified views deepen the wounds already tearing astatine the unity of the Anglican Communion.

“It remains to beryllium seen however the aforesaid idiosyncratic hopes to mend the already torn cloth of the Anglican Communion by the contentious same-sex marriage, which has caused tremendous situation crossed the Communion for implicit 2 decades,” the Church said.

Describing the improvement arsenic impervious that the planetary Anglican household could nary longer judge the enactment of the Church of England and that of the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Church of Nigeria reaffirmed its committedness to the Global Anglican Future Conference (GAFCON) and its principles.

“On our part, arsenic a subordinate of the GAFCON family, the Church of Nigeria affirms the GAFCON presumption unreservedly and reaffirms our earlier stance to uphold the authorization of the Scriptures, our historical creeds, evangelism and beatified Christian living, irrespective of the ongoing revisionist agenda,” the connection added.

The Church urged blimpish Anglicans successful England and elsewhere to stay steadfast successful defending biblical information and resisting ‘ungodly’ teachings that compromise the Christian faith.

“We promote each faithful brothers and sisters successful the Church of England who person consistently rejected the aberration called same-sex matrimony and different ungodly teachings by contending for the religion that was erstwhile delivered to the saints (Jude 1:3),” the connection added.