Obasanjo backs bishops over gays

Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo, a born-again Christian, agrees with the African bishops in the Anglican Church in their firm stand against homosexuality. He says, "Such a tendency is clearly un-Biblical, unnatural and definitely un-African." The Anglican Church has 70 million believers worldwide with one quarter of them in Nigeria. Africa's churches are the fastest growing congregations in the world. However, a division is growing within the Anglican Church between those who support homosexuality, and those who oppose it. Many fear this division may lead to a split within the church. Kenyan Bishop Julius Kalu believes the problem lies in the instruction of ministers in foreign countries where they learn ideologies different from those in Africa. Nigerian Archbishop Akinola thinks the solution rests in Africa adopting their own, unique beliefs rather than following the beliefs from a foreign continent. However, this may widened the gap even more between African Anglican churches and foreign Anglican churches.