African leaders warn Welby: Anglican Church is "fractured" The gathering in new Zealand agreed a raft of motions on issues such as land disputes and drug trafficking. But church leaders from Nigeria and Kenya last night issued a dissenting communiqué entitled "What Really Happened in Auckland" dismissing the gathering as a failure because it did not address the growing rift. They said principles upheld "since the Reformation" were being abandoned and accused the outgoing Archbishop of failing to take control. "The current crisis over Gospel truth and the confusion and conflict in Anglican identity, faith and order is a result of a failure of governance by the Instruments of Communion," the statement backed by Archbishop Ikechi Nwosu, from Nigeria, and the Primate of Kenya, Archbishop Eliud Wabukala, says. This is a failure and, at times, subversion of leadership at the highest levels. Dr Wabukala added, separately: "I cannot escape the conclusion that this gathering was a missed opportunity ... it is clear that those controlling the agenda were very reluctant to face the real ecclesiological and theological challenges thrown up by the undisciplined rejection of historic Anglican faith and order by certain Provinces." Meanwhile Rev Canon George Bagamuhunda, provincial secretary of the Church of Uganda, offered his support to the new Archbishop of Canterbury. But he added: "The Anglican Communion remains fractured due to the inability of the Instruments of Communion to restore the Communion to Biblical faith and morality. We pledge our cooperation and prayers for him as he takes on the mantle of leadership.