Watching Heaven and Earth on BBC television today, I was reminded of the Anglican Primates' meeting currently taking place in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, where it would seem that 7 bishops refused to take communion this morning because of many liberal Anglicans' affirming stance to gay Christians, even to the ordination of openly gay priests and bishops (so far one - Gene Robinson, Bishop of New Hampshire).
As Time magazine reported this week, this group of dissentors is led by the vociferous and very influential primate of Nigeria, Archbishop Peter Akinola.
When approached for an intervíew by two openly gay priests, Colin Coward and Davis Mac-Iyalla, reporting for Changing Attitude and the BBC, he surprisingly hid his face behind his papers and battled his way past, refusing to acknowledge their questions.
Many fear that tomorrow, Monday, might see the announcement of a split within the Anglican Communion, which was indeed welcomed by all three participants in the BBC Heaven and Earth programme, liberals and conservatives alike. Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, who has been fighting to maintain unity in the Anglican fold, was advised in no uncertain terms to abandon the sinking ship.
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