Global South Anglican

May I bring you greetings most especially from the Archbishop of Canterbury who specifically asked me to bring you this message and assure you of his own prayers for you this week and in the run up to General Convention.

The Bishop of Exeter has called on the U.S. Episcopal Church’s House of Bishops to follow the recommendations of the Windsor Report. The full test of his speech can be found here.

This article also include remarks by Bishop Tom Wright.

Also more here of Bishop Tom Wright’s comments at Church Times

‘It would immediately become impossible to claim that there was one body that spoke for the Communion as a whole, and several existing relations would be irrevocably altered. All the signals seem clear that for example there would be no further round of Arcic and that the dialogue process with Al-Azhar [with Muslims] would end.’

“He’s a man who will speak very directly and immediately into crises. I think he meant to issue a warning, which certainly has been taken as a threat, an act of provocation. Others in the Nigerian Church have, I think, found other ways of saying that which have been more measured.”

Some further comments from Canon Tunde Popoola, quoted at Living Church and Bishop Robert Duncan at ACN

‘Rejoice with those who rejoice; mourn with those who mourn.’ Romans 12:15

Some insights on the Recife situation in Ruth Gledhill’s blog:
Now you ‘Recife’ him, now you don’t - Anglican crisis deepens

Worth a read and much prayer needed for Bishop Calvanti, his Diocese and reconciliation between the parties affected.

Some Mission Initiatives reported at Anglican Mission in America:

Epiphany in Cambodia
Hope Crusade in Rwanda

Archbishop Rowan William’s sermon at the service to commemorate the 450th anniversary of the Martyrdom of Thomas Cranmer

What happened to Cranmer on 21 March 1956

Cranmer’s legacy