{"id":3018,"date":"2022-01-02T19:36:25","date_gmt":"2022-01-02T19:36:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianassociationofnigeria.org\/?p=3018"},"modified":"2022-01-02T19:36:30","modified_gmt":"2022-01-02T19:36:30","slug":"can-mourns-desmond-tutu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianassociationofnigeria.org\/?p=3018","title":{"rendered":"CAN Mourns Desmond Tutu"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The leadership\u00a0 of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has commiserated with the government and the people of South Africa on the Home Call of a great Oracle of God, Bishop Desmond Mpilo Tutu.
We thank God for a life well spent by His great Servant who used every given opportunity to speak a potent voice against the defunct\u00a0apartheid\u00a0system of\u00a0racial segregation\u00a0and\u00a0white minority rule\u00a0in South Africa<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Archbishop Desmond Mpilo Tutu<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The Revered Bishop was a South African\u00a0Anglican Bishop\u00a0and\u00a0theologian, known for his work as an\u00a0anti-apartheid\u00a0and\u00a0human rights activist. He was also the first African\u00a0Bishop of Johannesburg\u00a0from 1985 to 1986 and then\u00a0Archbishop of Cape Town\u00a0from 1986 to 1996. He was also known as a theologian who sought to fuse the Black Theology with African Theology.
We recalled with nostalgia when from 1978 to 1985, Tutu was the General Secretary of the\u00a0South African Council of Churches. That was when he emerged as one of the most prominent opponents of South Africa’s\u00a0apartheid\u00a0system of\u00a0racial segregation\u00a0and\u00a0white minority rule. Although an activist, yet he was an advocate of\u00a0non-violent protest\u00a0and foreign economic pressure to bring about\u00a0universal suffrage. In 1985, he became Bishop of Johannesburg and in 1986 the Archbishop of Cape Town, the most senior position in southern Africa’s Anglican hierarchy. In this position, he emphasized a consensus-building model of leadership and oversaw the\u00a0introduction of female priests.
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Tutu played prominent roles that led to the release of\u00a0the foremost anti-apartheid activist\u00a0Nelson Mandela\u00a0from prison in 1990 and they both led the negotiations that ended apartheid and introduce multi-racial democracy. After the\u00a01994 general election\u00a0resulted in a\u00a0coalition government\u00a0headed by Mandela, Tutu was appointed the chairman of the\u00a0historic\u00a0Truth and Reconciliation Commission\u00a0to investigate past\u00a0human rights\u00a0abuses committed by both pro and anti-apartheid groups. This Commission was used to heal all the wounds of apartheid inflicted on both the Whites and the Blacks. Tutu will always be remembered for his strong support of Palestinians in the\u00a0Israeli\u2013Palestinian conflict\u00a0especially his strong belief in Israel’s\u00a0right to exist. His strong criticism against the\u00a0 perceived anti-people policies under the South African Presidents of\u00a0Thabo Mbeki\u00a0and\u00a0Jacob Zuma\u00a0further made him a respected voice of the voiceless.
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Our hearts go to his immediate family, the South African Churches and the common man of that country who saw him as their advocate and protector. May God console and comfort them all in Jesus\u2019 Name.
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Signed
His Eminence, Rev Dr Samson Ayokunle, the President, Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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