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 a Halifax-based freelance journalist and volunteer advocate for survivors of sexual misconduct in Anglican settings. He served as editor of the Anglican Journal from 2019 to 2021 and communications missioner for the Anglican Diocese of Quebec from 2019 to 2022. He and his wife recently entered catechism class in the Orthodox Church in America.
