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Key Anglican Leaders Sad Yet Hopeful About Futures - The Christian Post (Singapore)
As a watching world wonders if Anglicanism is falling apart, major players in the Anglican Communion are assured of unity. But it is an assurance that is mingled with a deep sorrow. These were recurrent themes in conversations The Christian Post had with most of the Global South archbishops and representatives. This paper had met them...
Continue reading...The Anglican Communion as Communion of Churches: on the historic significance of the Anglican Covenant - Michael Poon
22. March 2010
The paper aims to draw out the historic significance of the Anglican Covenant for the Anglican Communion. It begins by examining the nature and reasons of the “ecclesial deficit” of the Anglican Communion. It points out that the ecclesial status of the Anglican Communion has never been clarified. The Anglican Communion arises...
Continue reading...Archbishop Mourneer resign from the Standing Committee of the Anglican Communion
01. February 2010
...I have come to the sad realization that there is no desire within the ACC and the SCAC to follow through on the recommendations that have been taken by the other Instruments of Communion to sort out the problems which face the Anglican Communion and which are tearing its fabric apart. Moreover, the SCAC, formerly known as the join...
Continue reading...The latest on the Anglican Communion Covenant
19. December 2009
A message from the Archbishop of Canterbury on the Anglican Communion Covenant here Final Covenant text can be seen here. Other related documents can be downloaded here Latest Statement from the Joint Standing Committee
Continue reading...The Americans know this will end in schism - Bishop Tom Wright
15. July 2009
TimesOnline In the slow-moving train crash of international Anglicanism, a decision taken in California has finally brought a large coach off the rails altogether. The House of Bishops of the Episcopal Church (TEC) in the United States has voted decisively to allow in principle the appointment, to all orders of ministry, of persons in...
Continue reading...Archbishop Mouneer reflects on the ACC-14 Meeting in Jamaica, May 2009
21. May 2009
With hope and anticipation we went to Jamaica to participate in the ACC 14 meeting. The Anglican Covenant was the most important item in our agenda. Its importance arises from fact that it is the only hope left to keep the unity of the Anglican Communion. It was very encouraging seeing the Archbishop of Canterbury, many other...
Continue reading...JAMAICA: Episcopal Church Warned by Covenant Chairman Not to Pass Sexuality Resolutions at GC2009
15. May 2009
JAMAICA: Episcopal Church Warned by Covenant Chairman Not to Pass Sexuality Resolutions at GC2009 May 14th, 2009 By David Virtue, Virtueonline The Episcopal Church was given a stiff warning by the Archbishop of the West Indies and chairman of the Covenant Working Group today that if it passes any sexuality resolutions at GC2009 it...
Continue reading...The Wisdom of the Cross: Some reflections on ACC-14 and the Anglican Covenant - Ephraim Radner
14. May 2009
Anglican Institute Rev. Dr. Ephraim Radner Wednesday, May 13th, 2009 A number of persons from around the Communion have asked me for my perspective on the recent ACC meeting’s treatment of the proposed Anglican Covenant. There are at least two reasons, I suppose, why my opinion might be solicited. First, I have been a...
Continue reading...A response to ACC-14 in Jamaica from Global South delegates
13. May 2009
We have taken part in the whole process of discernment and decision-making at ACC-14. We wish to share with our own provinces and the wider Communion our observations and initial conclusions from the meeting. The Covenant We had come to Jamaica ready to move forward on the Covenant. The deliberations and decisions of the Council make...
Continue reading...Archbishop of Canterbury’s Presidential Address to the 14th Meeting of the ACC
13. May 2009
Archbishop of Canterbury’s Presidential Address to the 14th Meeting of the Anglican Consultative Council, Kingston, Jamaica Monday 11 May 2009 What have we achieved? What are the challenges we’ve discovered? What are the lessons we’ve learned? There’s no absolute measure for achievement. In critical...
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28. April 2010
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