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Anglican church splits into two
The Anglican church has splitted into two with a new faction headed by a body called Global Anglican Council which has formally declared the existing structures of the Anglican Communion centered on Canterbury to have “failed” and announced the operational launch of a reordered “Global Anglican Communion” based on strict biblical orthodoxy.
The declaration, titled: ‘The Abuja Affirmation,’ which was issued at the conclusion of the G26 conference, which drew 347 bishops and 121 lay and clerical leaders to Nigeria, framed the move not as a schism, but as a reordering and a return to the Communion’s roots.
The Council in the statement read by the chairman of the newly- formed Global Anglican Council, Archbishop Laurent Mbanda of Rwanda, declared the Canterbury-based leadership structure compromised and failed, accusing it of abandoning the authority of scripture and normalising false teaching.
“The leadership of the Canterbury Instruments of Communion have failed to exercise discipline and maintain the biblical witness.
“Instead, these Instruments seek to hold together a confused communion of institutional co-existence, based on the fiction of ‘walking together’ with those who are walking away from the truth of the gospel,” Mbanda said.
The Affirmation explicitly targets the legacy of recent Archbishops of Canterbury, citing the authorisation of prayers of blessing for same-sex couples in the Church of England and the handling of sexuality debates at the 2022 Lambeth Conference.
The Council claimed that the moral authority of the historic See of Augustine has been severely compromised.
In a sharp rebuke of the current Archbishop of Canterbury, the Council stated that his leadership on the “Living in Love and Faith” project, which produced resources for blessing same-sex civil marriages, directly contradicted the 1998 Lambeth Resolution I.10, which had upheld traditional teaching.
“The new Global Anglican Communion will be defined not by historical ties to Canterbury, but by assent to the 2008 Jerusalem Declaration, a document drafted by the conservative GAFCON movement that upholds the authority of Scripture and the Reformation formularies.
“This is a confessional communion. True communion is a voluntary fellowship which at its heart is neither synodical nor legal,” he stated.
The conference marked a significant structural shift, announcing the dissolution of the GAFCON Primates’ Council and its replacement with the Global Anglican Council.
Archbishop Mbanda was elected as Chair, with Archbishop Miguel Uchôa as Deputy Chair and Bishop Paul Donison as General Secretary.
In a key provision with far-reaching implications, the Affirmation mandates principled disengagement for leaders within the new body. Office holders are forbidden from attending future Primates’ Meetings, Lambeth Conferences, or Anglican Consultative Council gatherings.
“Continued participation in these Canterbury-led meetings gives credence to the lie that it is possible to walk together despite deep disagreement with those who have abandoned biblical teaching,” Mbanda said.
While encouraging provinces to remove references to the See of Canterbury from their constitutions, the new body acknowledged this would be a lengthy legal process, that participation is instead defined by assent to the Jerusalem Declaration, a threshold open to provinces, dioceses, parishes, and even individuals.
Drawing on the conference’s theme from the Book of Joshua, Archbishop Mbanda concluded the statement with a firm declaration of intent.
“The theme of the G26 conference has been ‘Choose this day whom you will serve. Our Abuja Affirmation is that we and our global household of faithful Anglicans will also serve the Lord,” he said.
The David Mark-led faction of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) has approached the Court of Appeal to challenge the Federal High Court judgement that removed its leadership.
The opposition party also disclosed that it had filed an application seeking a stay of execution of the judgement pending the hearing and determination of its appeal.
The party made this known in a statement on Friday, November 6, adding that it had formally notified the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of the legal steps taken,
The appeal is against the judgement delivered by the Federal High Court in Abuja on November 5, 2026, in Suit No. FHC/ABJ/CS/1619/2025, involving Hon. Nafiu Bala Gombe and the ADC.
The party urged INEC to refrain from taking any further action on the matter until the Court of Appeal has considered the case.
It argued that the application for a stay of execution was yet to be decided and that the electoral commission should not take any step that could affect the outcome of the appeal.
According to the ADC, it expects INEC to respect the ongoing legal process and allow the appellate court to hear the matter before making any decision connected to the judgement.
The statement partly read, “The ADC is exercising its lawful right to appeal. The judgement is now being challenged before a higher court, and the legal process must be allowed to run its course.
“We expect INEC to uphold the law and take full account of the pending proceedings before making any consequential decisions.”
The party also urged its members and supporters to remain calm, insisting that the court judgement would not stop its political activities.
It said its campaigns would continue while it explored all available legal options to defend its position.
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The Federal High Court in Abuja has nullified the leadership of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) led by Senator David Mark, declaring the caretaker committee that oversaw the party’s affairs illegal and invalidating all decisions taken by the committee.
The judgment, delivered on Thursday by Justice Peter Lifu, also affects the presidential primary that produced former Vice President Atiku Abubakar as the ADC’s flag bearer for the 2027 general elections.
Atiku, whose name had earlier been published by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as the party’s presidential candidate, had already selected former Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi, as his running mate.
The ruling followed a suit instituted by Nafiu Bala Gombe, a former National Deputy Chairman (North-East) of the ADC, who challenged the process through which the David Mark-led leadership assumed control of the party.
Gombe argued that following the resignation of the party’s former National Chairman, Chief Ralph Nwosu, he was constitutionally entitled to take over the leadership.
He consequently asked the court to invalidate all actions undertaken by the Mark-led leadership and restrain Senator Mark and Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola from presenting themselves as the party’s National Chairman and National Secretary, respectively.
The plaintiff maintained that their emergence violated the ADC constitution and relevant provisions of the Electoral Act.
In suit No. FHC/ABJ/CS/1819/2025, the ADC, INEC, Senator David Mark, Aregbesola and Chief Ralph Nwosu were listed as defendants.
Justice Lifu upheld Gombe’s claims and granted the reliefs sought, effectively invalidating the authority of the caretaker committee and decisions taken under its leadership.
The verdict is expected to trigger fresh political uncertainty within the ADC, particularly over Atiku’s presidential ambition and the party’s preparations for the January 16, 2027 presidential election.
However, the party has vowed to challenge the judgment at the appellate court.
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