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Life After Lambeth - Andrew Goddard
There is little doubt that, after this summer and GAFCON and then the Lambeth Conference, we are entering a new phase in the life of the Anglican Communion where serious fresh thought needs to be given as to where we are and where we wish to go. Another marker, perhaps, of being at something of a watershed is that it is five years ago...
Continue reading...Archbishop’s Pastoral Letter to Bishops of the Anglican Communion
27. August 2008
Archbishop’s Pastoral Letter to Bishops of the Anglican Communion Tuesday 26 August 2008 As the Lambeth Conference of 2008 comes to an end, I want to offer some further reflections of my own on what the bishops gathered in Canterbury have learned and experienced. Those of you who have been present here will be able to share...
Continue reading...More responses from Lambeth participants
09. August 2008
Timesonline August 8, 2008 Leading churchmen reflect on what was, and was not, achieved by the recent Lambeth conference Interviews by Bess Twiston Davies Tim Stevens, Bishop of Leicester After the acrimony and expectations of schism which preceded the Lambeth Conference, the actual experience of the conference took many of us by...
Continue reading...Some post-Lambeth responses
09. August 2008
From Anglican Communion Network : No Decisions at Lambeth Conference “It does not lay out a timeline or suggest a new way forward to unifying the Anglican Communion around the mainstream Christian consensus on issues of human sexuality. Instead, it offers general support for ongoing initiatives that were first suggested in the 2004...
Continue reading...Abp of Canterbury’s closing Presidential Address
04. August 2008
ACNS I began the second of these plenary addresses with a reminder of the question, ‘What is Lambeth ‘08 going to say?’ And I suggested that we also needed to ask ‘Where are we going to speak from?’ I hope that in recent days there has been some growing clarity about both of these questions and how we answer...
Continue reading...Senior English Bishops ask Archbishop of Canterbury for an ‘orderly separation’
03. August 2008
Senior church of England bishops have challenged the Archbishop of Canterbury to declare a split in the Anglican Communion for the sake of orthodox Christianity. By Jonathan Wynne-Jones, Religious Affairs Correspondent, UK Telegraph They said that the Archbishop, Dr Rowan Williams, would fail to avert a schism because liberals were...
Continue reading...A Word from the Bishops of the Diocese of Egypt, North Africa and the Horn of Africa
03. August 2008
AFTER THE LAMBETH CONFERENCE: A WORD FROM THE BISHOPS OF THE DIOCESE OF EGYPT, NORTH AFRICA AND THE HORN OF AFRICA WE, the bishops of the Diocese of Egypt, North Africa and the Horn of Africa, wish to express our appreciation and thankfulness for the Lambeth Conference now ended. It has been a great joy to experience the fellowship,...
Continue reading...Statement at the Lambeth Conference 2008 - Global South Primates
03. August 2008
Statement at the Lambeth Conference 2008 1. “This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all. If we claim to have fellowship with him yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live by the truth. But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have...
Continue reading...Primate of the Middle East Mouneer Anis ‘Comments at Today’s Press Conference
02. August 2008
I am glad I came to this conference. It has given me a great opportunity to learn, listen to others, debate and share my views openly. It has been a great joy to meet many friends and to make new friends who love the Lord and are committed to preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ by word and deed. I have heard many inspiring stories from...
Continue reading...The Church cannot heal this crisis of betrayal - Abp Henry Orombi
01. August 2008
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/guest_contributors/article4438729.ece Henry Luke Orombi I love the Lord Jesus Christ, and I love the Anglican Communion. So, why did the bishops of the Church of Uganda and I decide not to attend the present Lambeth Conference? Because we love the Lord Jesus Christ and because we love...
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01. November 2008
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