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Walter Obare Omwanza is the presiding bishop (in apostolic succession) of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Kenya, which is a member of the Lutheran World Federation. On 5 February 2005 he consecrated a Swedish pastor Arne Olsson as bishop for a conservative group called the Mission Province, which opposes the Church of Sweden policy of ordaining women into the ordained ministry based on supposed biblical teachings about gender. After this, the Council of the Lutheran World Federation terminated a leadership position Obare held within the LWF on 1 September 2005 .

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  • Walter Obare Omwanza is the presiding bishop (in apostolic succession) of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Kenya, which is a member of the Lutheran World Federation. On 5 February 2005 he consecrated a Swedish pastor Arne Olsson as bishop for a conservative group called the Mission Province, which opposes the Church of Sweden policy of ordaining women into the ordained ministry based on supposed biblical teachings about gender. After this, the Council of the Lutheran World Federation terminated a leadership position Obare held within the LWF on 1 September 2005 .
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  • Walter Obare Omwanza is the presiding bishop (in apostolic succession) of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Kenya, which is a member of the Lutheran World Federation. On 5 February 2005 he consecrated a Swedish pastor Arne Olsson as bishop for a conservative group called the Mission Province, which opposes the Church of Sweden policy of ordaining women into the ordained ministry based on supposed biblical teachings about gender. After this, the Council of the Lutheran World Federation terminated a leadership position Obare held within the LWF on 1 September 2005 . Concordia Theological Seminary, of the U.S. Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, awarded Obare with an honorary Doctor of Divinity (Honoris Causa) in 2006.
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