Sudan Tribune reports:
The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby will visit Khartoum [July 30] to open the Anglican Church of Sudan, dividing the province of South Sudan and Sudan into two communions.
With this inauguration, Sudan will be the 39th Province of the Anglican Communion.
… The Governor of Khartoum State Abdel Rahim Mohamed Hussein [on July 30] discussed the ongoing preparations for the visit with Jaber Idriss Awishah, the Chairman of the Supreme Council for Endowment in the state.
In press statements following the meeting, Awishah said the religious event will promote the spirit of tolerance and religious cooperation in the state.
Matthew Townsend is the former news editor of The Living Church and former editor of the Anglican Journal. He lives in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.