13 Primates from the global south showed advocacy of a new Network of conservative Anglicans in the Episcopal Church of the USA (ECUSA), bringing the division of the Anglican Communion even closer.

In the eve of the first meeting of the newly constituted Eames Commission, of resolving tensions created by the consecration of Gene Robinson as Bishop, a homosexual in New Hampshire in America, a brief was presented by the Primates?Meeting. It was stated, “By their actions, ECUSA has separated itself from the remainder of the Anglican Communion and the wider Christian family.?

According to the Primates, the consecration of Gene Robinson in November was a “clear repudiation of the teaching of the Holy Scriptures, historic faith and order of the Church. The world needs to know that the actions of the American Church were contrary to the teachings of the Anglican Communion.?

Leaders from the global south voiced their statements strongly, and the backing for the new Network of Anglican Communion Dioceses and Parishes, under its convenor Bishop Bob Duncan of Pittsburgh, foreshadowed the looming split even more so.

The new Network of Anglican Communion Dioceses and Parishes is gaining worldwide support, and some claim that it aims to replace the whole Episcopal Church. This network itself is a Church within a Church, but its leaders hope for full recognition and equal status with the ECUSA in Anglican Communion gatherings.

The Primates regard the network as “a hopeful sign of a faithful Anglican biblical faith and order, to join that work and its essential commitment to the Gospel.?

Signatories of the statement were Primates from West Indies, Southern Cone, Sudan, Kenya, Uganda, Congo, Tanzania, Central Africa, South India, Pakistan, South East Asia, the Philippines, and was led by the Archbishop of Nigeria, the Most Rev Peter Akinola.

Other Provinces have also revealed their recognition of the new network.