tradition, which is checked by reason. Ecumenical relations Like many other Anglican churches, the Anglican Church of Tanzania is a member of the ecumenical World Council of Churches. Anglican realignment In December 2006 the ACT declared itself to be in "impaired communion" with The Episcopal Church (US) over the ordination of non-celibate gay people and the blessing of same-sex unions. However, Dioceses of The Episcopal Church and the Anglican Church of Tanzania have continued to share partnerships. For example, as of 2018, the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts continued to have a missional partnership with the Anglican Diocese of Tanga in Tanzania. The ACT is a member of the Global South and the Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans, and has been a part of the Anglican realignment. Archbishop Valentino Mokiwa attended GAFCON in Jerusalem, in June 2008, and supported the inception of the Anglican Church in North America, in June 2009. Archbishop Jacob Chimeledya, an evangelical and orthodox Anglican, was perceived by some to have moved the ACT more into the "reconciliation" ground, as is being promoted by Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, moving away from GAFCON. The ACT was represented at GAFCON II in Nairobi, in 21–16 October 2013, by former Archbishop Donald Mtetemela and other bishops. The ACT House of Bishops meeting, held in Dodoma, on 12–13 April 2016, voted to rejoin the GAFCON movement and to authorize Jacob Chimeledya to attend GAFCON's Primates council in Nairobi the same month, which he did. The ACT was represented at GAFCON III, in Jerusalem, on 17–22 June 2018, by a 26 members delegation, which included former Archbishop Jacob Chimeledya. Archbishop Maimbo Mndolwa was registered to attend but wasn't able to come. The official branch of GAFCON Tanzania was launched on 14 August 2019, in a meeting held in Dar es Salaam, that reunited 10 bishops of the province, including former Archbishop Jacob Chimeledya, and had the support of one more absent bishop and the retired Archbishop Donald Mtetemela. The bishops represented agreed not the attend the Lambeth Conference in 2020, due to the Archbishop of Canterbury unwillingness in discipline the provinces that have rejected the Lambeth 1.10 1998 resolution on human sexuality. Bishop Mwita Akiri was elected branch chairman on the occasion. Current Archbishop Maimbo Mndolwa, despite having signed the Jerusalem Declaration, hasn't declared yet his formal support for GAFCON Tanzania. References Further reading Anglicanism, Neill, Stephen. Harmondsworth, 1965. External links ACT