The Kikuyu controversy was an Anglican church controversy in 1913-1914.

History

In 1913 William George Peel

William George Peel

The Rt Rev William George Peel, DD was an Anglican Bishop in Mombassa in what is now Kenya. He was accused of heresy in the Kikuyu controversy.-Biography:...

, the Bishop of Mombasa; and John Jamieson Willis

John Jamieson Willis

The Rt Rev John Jamieson Willis, CBE, DD was an Anglican bishop, Bishop of Uganda from 1912 to 1934 and subsequently Assistant Bishop of Leicester. He and William George Peel, the Bishop of Mombasa, were accused of heresy during the Kikuyu controversy.-Biography:Born on 8 November 1872, he was...

, the Bishop of Uganda

Bishop of Uganda

There has been a diocese of Uganda in the Anglican and Roman Catholic churches.The Anglican diocese of Uganda was formed in 1897 as a division of the diocese of Eastern Equatorial Africa...

‎ attended an ecumenical communion

Communion

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 at the Church of Scotland

Church of Scotland

The Church of Scotland, known informally by its Scots language name, the Kirk, is a Presbyterian church, decisively shaped by the Scottish Reformation....

's parish in Kikuyu

Kikuyu, Kenya

Kikuyu is a town in the Central Province of Kenya. The town is located 20 km northwest of central Nairobi, the capital of Kenya. Kikuyu hosts a town council and an administrative division in the Kiambu District....

, in what is now Kenya

Kenya

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. Attending were Anglicans,
Methodists, and Presbyterians.
They were denounced as heretics by Frank Weston

Frank Weston

Frank Weston was Anglican Bishop of Zanzibar from 1908 until his death 16 years later.-Biography:...

, the Bishop of Zanzibar. Peel and Willis were not tried for heresy for the perceived schism. A statement was issued by the Archbishop of Canterbury

Archbishop of Canterbury

The Archbishop of Canterbury is the senior bishop and principal leader of the Church of England, the symbolic head of the worldwide Anglican Communion, and the diocesan bishop of the Diocese of Canterbury. In his role as head of the Anglican Communion, the archbishop leads the third largest group...

as a compromise.