Benjamin Kwashi

Benjamin Ben Argak Kwashi (born Plateau State, 1955) is a Nigerian Anglican archbishop. He is married to Gloria and they have six children, one of them is also a priest. They have 54 orphans living with them in Jos, Northern Nigeria.[1]

The Most Reverend

Benjamin Kwashi
Archbishop of Jos, Bishop of Jos
ChurchChurch of Nigeria
DioceseAnglican Diocese of Jos
SuccessorHenry Ndukuba
Orders
Ordination1982
Consecration1992
by J. Abiodun Adetiloye
Personal details
Born1955
Plateau State

He was born in Amper village in Plateau State, in a Christian family. His father was a respected teacher.

Kwashi at first wanted to follow a military career but he felt a religious calling in 1976, and decided to follow a religious life. He was ordained an Anglican priest in 1982. He went to serve in several rural and urban parishes. He also would be Rector of a Theological College. In 1987, his church and vicariate were totally burned during Muslim riots. He became the first bishop of the newly created Anglican Diocese of Jos in 1992. In 2008, he was consecrated Archbishop of Jos Province in the Church of Nigeria.[2]

He has been a leading name in the Anglican realignment, attending GAFCON II, held in Nairobi, Kenya, in 21–26 October 2013.

In November 2014, after a bombing in Potiskum killed forty Muslim schoolchildren, Kwashi released a statement strongly criticizing the idea that Boko Haram violence was the result of poverty. Kwashi said it was important that the issues of poverty, corruption, and extremist violence should not be conflated and confused.[3]

At the conclusion of GAFCON 3 on 22 June 2018 in Jerusalem, it was announced that in early 2019 Archbishop Kwashi will succeed Archbishop Peter Jensen, former archbishop of Sydney, as GAFCON's general secretary.[4]

He published Evangelism and Mission (2018) and Neither Bomb nor Bullet (2019), co-written with Andrew Boyd.

References
  1. Archbishop Ben Kwashi Biography at Bangor Worldwide Missionary Convention Website
  2. Biography of Ben Kwashi at the Diocese of Down and Dromore Website
  3. Archbishop Ben Kwashi on the Bombing in Potiskum, Northern Nigeria Archived 2015-01-28 at the Wayback Machine. Anglican Mainstream, November 12, 2014
  4. "Foley Beach and Ben Kwashi to lead GAFCON". Anglican Ink 2018 ©. 2018-06-22. Archived from the original on 2018-06-23. Retrieved 2018-06-23.
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