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Diocese of Botswana

Dumela! Greetings! The Diocese of North Carolina and the Anglican Diocese of Botswana entering into a companion link agreement at North Carolina’s diocesan convention early in 2008. The dioceses renewed the agreement in November 2014.

During these years, North Carolina and Botswana have had youth exchanges, a “hammer and nails” project at the Selebi Phikwe parish, support in the development of and teaching at the new St. Augustine Theological School, engagement with HIV/AIDS initiatives in Botswana, involvement with the Holy Cross hospice, shared ministry between the Episcopal Church Women in North Carolina and the Anglican Women’s Fellowship and Mothers Union in Botswana, and care for the St. Peter’s Day Care Centre in Mogoditshane.

The Bishop of Botswana is the Rt. Rev. Metlhayotlhe “Metlha” (MET-la) Rawlings Ogotseng Beleme, consecrated in July 2013. He succeeds the Rt. Rev. Trevor Musonda Mwamba, who served as bishop when our companion link began. Bishop Metlha is the fifth Bishop of Botswana, and the first Motswana bishop born in Botswana.

HOW TO GET INVOLVED

Here are the subject areas from our companion link agreement:

  • Support our life and ministries together through prayer.
  • Expand congregational connections.
  • Create opportunities for mutual ministry to and with our children and our youth, especially through orphan and vulnerable children care projects and efforts to address health and education concerns affecting the youth.
  • Encourage the formation of clergy and the development of lay leadership and ministry.
  • Support the ministries by women offered together in Botswana and North Carolina.
  • Support ministries to and for persons with HIV/AIDS and to their families.
  • Support hospice initiatives.
  • Seek mutual discernment as we find ourselves called to other opportunities for shared ministry.

THE ST. AUGUSTINE THEOLOGICAL SCHOOL

Botswana has suffered from a severe shortage of priests over the years, but the first class at the new St. Augustine Theological School were ordained to the diaconate in December 2014 and to the priesthood in 2015, adding significantly to clerical numbers overall and doubling the number of Batswana clergy to 30 (included those who are retired).

There are no vocational deacons. Nor are there any women priests, although the Diocese of Botswana has wanted to ordain women for some years. The Church of the Province of Central Africa has not permitted them to do so; the most recent effort lost by a close vote by orders in late 2014. The Diocese of Botswana, however, has proceeded to train women for ordination at the St. Augustine Theological School, hoping that they might be able to be ordained in the future.

For more about our partnership with the Diocese of Botswana, contact the committee chair, the Rev. Miriam Saxon.

Botswana

Fr. James Amanze, Chairperson of the Diocese of Botswana's Companion Link Committee
The Rt. Rev. Anne E. Hodges-Copple, the Rt. Rev. Metlhayotlhe Beleme and the Rt. Rev. Michael Curry.
The members of the first class of students at St. Augustine's Theological School were recently ordained.
The Rt. Rev. Michael Curry and the Rt. Rev. Trevor Mwamba
The Rt. Rev. Trevor Mwamba with chairpersons of Botswana Link Committee over the years: The Rev. Murdock Smith. Dr. Sharita Womack, the Rev. Jamie L'Enfant Edwards and the Rev. Leon Spencer.

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St. Stephen, Tonota
St. Mary Magdalene, Palapye
St. Andrew, Selebi Phikwe
St. Augustine, Serowe
St. James the Great, Mahalapye
St. Michael & All Angels, Broadhurst
Holy Cross Cathedral, Gaborone
St. Peter, Mogoditshane
St. Simon of Cyrene, Tlokweng
St. Mark, Lobatse
St. Paul, Molepolole
St. John the Baptist, Tsabong

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