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We have been filled with grief as we have witnessed the decline of the North American Church that was once filled with missionary zeal and yet now seems determined to bury itself in a deadly embrace with the spirit of

We have been filled with grief as we have witnessed the decline of the North American Church that was once filled with missionary zeal and yet now seems determined to bury itself in a deadly embrace with the spirit of the age.

Peter Akinola
Grief, Missionary Zeal, Age

We will not, on the altar of money, mortgage our conscience, mortgage our faith, mortgage our salvation.

Peter Akinola
Mortgage, Salvation, Altars
"African Anglicans Shun US Money Over Gay Policies". www.csmonitor.com. April 19, 2004.

We in Africa are always on the receiving end. We have had human slavery, political slavery, economic slavery and now religious slavery. We in the church are saying no. We are prepared to live by what God says, not what you say. Man shall not sleep with man, woman shall not sleep with woman.

Peter Akinola
Religious, Sleep, Men
Associated Press Interview, December 2003.

Self-seeking, self-glory, that is not me. No. Many people say I embarrass them with my humility.

Peter Akinola
Humility, Self, People
"At Axis of Episcopal Split, an Anti-Gay Nigerian". www.nytimes.com. December 25, 2006.

It is wrong to use equal language for unequal actions.

Peter Akinola
Use, Action, Language

All Nigerians must learn from Christ and be determined to imbibe the lesson of divine condescension.

Peter Akinola
Lessons, Condescension And, Determined

Let there be no illusions. The Communion is broken and fragmented. The Communion will break.

Peter Akinola
Broken, Illusion, Break

Is the Church of England an Anglican church? The church did not start in Canterbury, the church did not start in Rome. Whether Canterbury is Anglican or not is immaterial. We are Anglicans. They are the Church of England.

Peter Akinola
Rome, Church, England
"The Leader of Nearly 18 Million Nigerian Anglicans Challenges the West's Theology and Control" by Douglas LeBlanc, www.churchoftheword.net. October 13, 2006.

I didn’t create poverty. This church didn’t create poverty. Poverty is not an issue, human suffering is not an issue at all, they were there before the creation of mankind.

Peter Akinola
Issues, Suffering, Church
"What Archbishop Akinola Said (or Not)". www.thinkinganglicans.org.uk. February 04, 2005.

I was shocked to my marrow the very first time I heard the Church is saying a man can marry a man. What? It is from that shock, that surprise, how is that possible? Is it a kind of experiment or something? They are sick or tired of normal heterosexual relationships? How could that be?

Peter Akinola
Tired, Men, Sick
The Times, July 05, 2007.

The Bible says that two cannot walk together unless they are agreed.

Peter Akinola
Two, Together, Walks

The Church commends the law-makers for their prompt reaction to outlaw same-sex relationships in Nigeria and calls for the bill to be passed since the idea expressed in the bill is the moral position of Nigerians regarding human sexuality.

Peter Akinola
Sex, Law, Ideas
Communique on the Same Sex Marriage (Prohibition) Bill, 2006.

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