Editing The African Church (section)

==Unification==

Efforts of ecumenism by unification talks {{when|date=February 2014}} between the Anglican Communion in Nigeria ([[Church of Nigeria]]) led by its Primate [[Peter Akinola]] and the African Church due to their common historical/orthodox position on the prohibition of non-celibate gay men in the priesthood have taken place. However the two churches differ on doctrines of marriage, burial of the dead, ministerial hierarchy and the authority of the clergy. Eight delegates from each church—including bishops, clergy and laity—met formally on 29 August {{when|date=February 2014}} in Ibadan for dialogue on issues relating to the reunification have been reported on {{when|date=February 2014}}. The council considered a document entitled Anglican-African Conversations, which was jointly agreed to by leaders of both churches.<ref>http://www.stpeter.org/TAP/TAPIntern0709h.html {{dead link|date=April 2013|fix-attempted=yes}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/wcrc-20601|title=World Council of Churches Online: Relations with the Roman Catholic Church 1951 - 1967. 01. Anglican Church|publisher=Brill |doi=10.1163/wcrc-20601 |access-date=2020-01-22}} A collection of documents. {{Closed access}}</ref>