Nigerian Anglicans Break Ties With Church Of England Over ‘Pro-Gay’ Female Archbishop

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

The Church stated that her enactment for same-sex matrimony and her elevation arsenic the archetypal pistillate to clasp this presumption correspond a concerning 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, 3 October 2025, arsenic ‘devastating’ and ‘insensitive’, accusing the Church of England of disregarding the heavy divisions already contiguous wrong the planetary Anglican community.

“This predetermination poses a treble jeopardy. Firstly, it neglects the convictions of the bulk of Anglicans who cannot judge pistillate enactment successful the episcopate. Secondly, it is peculiarly troubling that Bishop Sarah Mullally is simply a staunch protagonist of same-sex marriage,” the connection read.
The connection recalled Bishop Mullally’s remarks from 2023 pursuing a ballot by the Church of England to o.k. blessings for same-sex couples, successful which she referred to the result arsenic ‘a infinitesimal of hope’ for the Church.

The Nigerian Church asserted that specified views exacerbate the wounds already threatening the unity of the Anglican Communion.

“It remains to beryllium seen however the aforesaid idiosyncratic intends to heal the already torn cloth of the Anglican Communion, exacerbated by the contentious contented of same-sex marriage, which has caused important crises crossed the Communion for implicit 2 decades,” the Church remarked.

Describing this improvement arsenic grounds that the planetary Anglican assemblage tin nary longer judge the enactment of the Church of England oregon the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Church of Nigeria reaffirmed its committedness to the Global Anglican Future Conference (GAFCON) and its principles.

“As a subordinate of the GAFCON family, the Church of Nigeria wholeheartedly affirms the GAFCON presumption and reiterates 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 continued.

The Church urged blimpish Anglicans successful England and elsewhere to stay resolute 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 known arsenic same-sex matrimony and different unholy teachings to contend earnestly for the religion that was erstwhile delivered to the saints (Jude 1:3),” the connection concluded.