African Methodist
Episcopal Church remains united
March 8,
2005
Recent
unfortunate developments within the Namibia Annual
Conference are misconstrued as threatening the unity of the
African Methodist Episcopal Church. This missive serves to
inform and confirm that members of the Namibia Annual
Conference still affirm Connectionalism as manifested in the
present configuration whereby Namibia is part of the
15th Episcopal District under the leadership
of Bishop Samuel L Green, Sr. . During the 2000 –
2004 quadrennial, the Namibia Conference, at its AJC
Preparatory Meetings, have affirmed our membership and the
said affirmation was conveyed to the just concluded African
Jurisdictional Council and the 47th Session of
the General Conference of the African Methodist Episcopal
Church.
Against this background, we are
sensitising all members of the A.M.E. Church in Namibia that
“false prophets” are spreading messages all over this
country that the Namibia Annual Conference is preparing to
leave the Connection. This is devoid of any truth and is
hereby rejected with the contempt it deserves. The
rank-and-file of the A.M.E. Church members are hereby
advised to refrain from attending any so-called information
meetings called to discuss disaffiliation from the A.M.E.
Church Connection.
The bishop of the 15th
Episcopal District of the African Methodist Episcopal Church
has made the following pastoral / Presiding Elder
appointments: Rev. Daniel Schmidt has been appointed to St.
Peter’s A.M.E. Church, Maltahohe and the Rev. Neels J Simon
has been appointed Presiding Elder of the Keetmanshoop
District. All administrative issues necessitating these
changes will be dealt with at the 49th Session of
the Namibia Annual Conference to be held at the Bethel
Memorial A.M.E. Church, Luderitz from 24-28 August 2005.
For more information, please contact Rev.
Dr. Andreas Biwa, Presiding Elder and Administrative
Assistant of the Bishop at +264 81
127 8124.
