Communiques/Statements
Statement at the Lambeth Conference 2008
“We rejoice that the fellowship of orthodox episcopal leaders continue to grow in maturity in common faith and witness. Early in the Conference we, some 200 bishops, were greatly blessed when we met at a special gathering on Jul 22 for fellowship and sharing, co-hosted by 17 Global South Provinces…
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Updated: List of undersigned Primates
Statement from the Global South Primates Steering Committee, London, Mar 13-15, 2008
Five Primates - Abp Peter Akinola, Abp Greg Venables, Abp Kolini, Abp Mouneer Anis and Abp John Chew - met together for some heart to heart conversations from 13th to 15th March in London. They released this statement.
You can also download the pdf copy here
Statement by the Synod of The Province of the Anglican Church in South East Asia (2008)
The SYNOD of the Province of the Anglican Church in South East Asia met in Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia on 27th to 28th February, 2008. They issued this statement.
You can also download the pdf copy here
A Communiqué released by the Bishops of Nigeria (January, 2008)
A Communique issued at the end of the Episcopal Retreat of the Church of Nigeria, (Anglican Communion) held at the Ibru Anglican Retreat Centre, Agbarha Otor, Delta State from January 7-12, 2008.
Communiqué of the Global South Primates, Shanghai, October 30, 2007
A Communiqué released from the meetings between 10 Global South Primates during the visit to China, October 21-30, 2007.
Communiqué from the House of Bishops of the Church of the Province of Jerusalem and the Middle East
The House of Bishops of the Church of the Province of Jerusalem and the Middle East met in Iran on the occasion of the installation of Bishop Azad Marshall and issued the following communiqué.
This is a critical time - A Statement from the Global South Steering Committee
A public statement arising from the latest Global South Steering Committee meeting held in London 16-18 July 2007.
Primates' Meeting Communiqué (Tanzania)
The Communique is also available as a PDF Document here
Rowan Williams–The Challenge and Hope of Being an Anglican Today
Editorial: I suggest that readers read this first on their own instead of forming impressions through other reviewers. Don’t just glance through and better still, print it out using the print version option. Worth a careful read.
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams has set out his thinking on the future of the Anglican Communion in the wake of the deliberations in the United States on the Windsor Report and the Anglican Communion at the 75th General Convention of The Episcopal Church (USA).
Global South Primates response to Archbishop Rowan Williams
Your attempt to take on this major topic in sweeping strokes was bold, and it was delivered with your usual scholarly eloquence. We agree with what you said. We were disappointed in what you left unsaid, in particular, the application of the Church’s identity to the current situation that has left the fabric of our Communion torn at its deepest level.
Third Trumpet: Communique from 3rd South to South Encounter
The Third Anglican South-to-South Encounter has graphically demonstrated the coming of age of the Church of the Global South…
Statement of Breaking Communion_Province of SEA, 20 Nov 2003
RESOLUTION passed unanimously at the Extra-Ordinary Meeting of the 2nd Session of Synod of the Province of South East Asia on 20 November 2003 at Kudat, Sabah, MALAYSIA
A Statement from Primates of the Anglican Communion, 14 October 2003
It is with profound sadness that we have arrived at this moment in the history of the Anglican Communion. Having met, at the invitation of the Archbishop of Canterbury, for two days, October 15-16, we struggled to find a way to reconcile our divergent views on human sexuality.
Lambeth Conference 1998: Resolution 1.10 Human Sexuality
The Kuala Lumpur Statement on Human Sexuality - 2nd Encounter in the South, 10 to 15 Feb 97
God’s glory and loving purposes have been revealed in the creation of humankind (Rom. 1:18; Gen. 1:36, 27). Among the multiplicty of his gifts we are blessed with our sexuality
