There are mixed reports about whether primates of the African Communion have decided not to accept money from American churches that ordain gays and lesbians as members of the clergy.
The Primates, or senior Archbishops, of each of the twenty-seven autonomous Churches which make up the 70 million member Anglican Communion throughout the world, have just concluded four days of deliberations in Nairobi, Kenya. The Most Rev. E.W. Scott, Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, attended the sessions which were chaired by the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Rev. Robert Runcie.
On his return to Toronto, Archbishop Scott declared, "What made this Conference different from previous meetings of the Primates was the agenda. In the past it was always the Anglo-Saxon Archbishops who did the planning. This time, through pre-meeting planning by Dr. Runcie and the Archbishops of the African Churches, we faced squarely the uniquely indigenous problems which are part of the daily life of our sisters and brothers in the developing nations and Churches."
The spread of Islam was one of four major issues which dominated the Conference (see separate release enclosed). The Primates intensified their statement on War in a Nuclear Age made at a previous meeting in Washington, D.C. in 1981. They also discussed the world refugee situation and the "internal", but important matter of the place of the traditional Book of Common Prayer in the light of the contemporary liturgies now in use throughout the Church.
They pleaded with "all members of our Church who are in Government service or places of influence to exercise by all means available to them their Christian vocation as peacemakers." The Prelates were told that there are now more than three million refugees on the continent of Africa alone.
The Archbishop of Canterbury confirmed that there will be a Lambeth Conference at the University of Kent in 1988. Lambeth Conferences of all the Anglican Bishops in the world have been held about every ten years since 1867, at the call of the Archbishop of Canterbury.
Dr. Runcie said the aim of the 1988 meeting will be to promote fresh initiatives and renewal in four areas of the life of the Church. They are: mission and ministry; the faith and order of the Church; ecumenical relations and the transformation of the social order.
Preparations for the Conference will include a series of regional conferences similar to the Pacific Rim Conference on Ministry held in Honolulu in June.
The Council of Anglican Province of Africa (CAPA), which includes more than a third of the Provinces in the Anglican Communion, met in Harare, Zimbabwe, between 19-23 October 1992.
Individual news stories on pages 7-16 all indexed separately.
Archbishop Ndungane believes that the Anglican Communion needs reforming and that the head of the Communion should be chosen from among the primates or even all bishops. He also said that "the Church of England needs to be `liberated' from the notion that it is the Anglican Communion. "His experience at last year's Lambeth Conference reinforced his view that the conference needs reforming. `We (almost) live in the 21st century and you cannot bring 750 bishops to a conference as if it were a tea party with a host and hostess marshalling us around,' Archbishop Ndungane said. `It's got to have structures in place for doing business if we want the mind of the communion to be expressed'."
At a conference in Uganda on 18 January 1998, the Most Rev. Njongonkulu Ndungane said "the time has come for the Anglican Churches in Africa to strengthen their witness and ties by creating an Episcopal Church of Africa". Archbishop Ndungane also urged church leaders to pay particular attention to the issue of poverty and mentioned the "growing movement world-wide, applying the biblical principle of Jubilee, for the cancellation of all debts of developing countries by the year 2000".
"Foreword by the Metropolitan of India [Lakdasa J. De Mel]."
Colour maps on lining papers.
On t.-p.: The Anglican Congress, 1963.
"Printed in Canada December 1962". -- verso of t.-p.
Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapter but NO index.
A collection of 15 essays/chapters by 17 authors "gathered, arranged, and summarized [as] a most valuable collection of Anglicana. .... We pray that 'Anglican Mosaic' may be widely used for the preparatory studies [for the 1963 Anglican Congress in Toronto] and afterwards it may be valued as a new handbook of our Anglican life and witness" -- Intro., p. 18.
Contents divided into six main parts: Part One: The Anglican Mosaic -- Part Two: The Church in the New Nations of Africa -- Part Three: The Church in the Cradle of Religion -- Part Four: The Church in the South Pacific -- Part Five: The Church in the New World -- Part Six: Where It All Began.
Contents: Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword / Lakdasa J. de Mel -- Introduction / George N. Luxton -- The Anglican Mosaic / Stephen Fielding Bayne, Jr. -- East Africa and Uganda / Leslie W. Brown -- Central Africa / Leslie A. Davis -- West Africa / J.L.C. Horstead -- South Africa / Richard Ambrose Reeves -- The Archbishop of Jerusalem / Angus Campbell MacInnes -- India, Pakistan, Burma, and Ceylon / John W. Sadiq -- China and Japan / Yoshimitsu Endo -- Southeast Asia / H. Boone Porter, Jr. -- Australia / E.H. Burgmann -- New Zealand / John C. Vockler -- Latin America / Eugene E. Crommett -- Canada / John L.H. Henderson -- United States / Stephen Fielding Bayne, Jr -- British Isles / Dewi Morgan.
Each chapter section looks at one church e.g. the Province of Central Africa or India, Pakistan, Burma and Ceylon. Each section includes a map, listing of the dioceses in the province, a chronological listing of "Milestones" and a select bibliography.
Archbishop Carey has assured the Council of Anglican Provinces of Africa that he is concerned at the perception that African issues were "slipping down" on the agenda in British public life.
"Presented to the Anglican Communion in recognition of the contribution of Bishop John Howe, Executive Officer of the Anglican Communion 1969-1971, and Secretary General, the Anglican Consultative Council, 1971-1982, and to The Lambeth Conference 1978 as an aid to its deliberation on Authority". -- p. [5].
Contents divided into three main parts.
Contents: Abbreviations -- Foreword / Robert Runcie, Archbishop of Canterbury -- 1. Introduction : Why Authority / S.W. Sykes -- Part One: The Theology of Authority -- 2. Ideology, Authority and Faith / John E. Skinner -- 3. The Grace of a Holy God; P.T. Forsyth and the Contemporary Church / R.C. Craston -- 4. The Authority of Love / E.W. Scott -- 5. Authority in the Church; Spiritual Freedom and the Corporate Nature of Faith / H.R. McAdoo -- 6. The Judicious Mr. Hooker and Authority in the Elizabethan Church / J.E. Booty -- Part Two: Anglican Structures and Usage -- 7. A Family Affair: The Pattern of Constitutional Authority in the Anglican Communion / P.H.E. Thomas -- 8. Towards a Theology and Practice of the Bishop-in-Synod / K.S. Chittleborough -- 9. The Making of a Tradition; Provincial Synod in the Church of the Province of Southern Africa / M. Nuttall -- 10. Take Thou Authority; an African Perspective / John S. Pobee -- 11. Collegiality and Conciliarity in the Anglican Communion / Gavin White -- Part Three: The Ecumenical Future of Authority -- 12. Ecumenical Dialogues and Authority / Gunther Gassmann -- 13. Anglicans, Roman Catholics and Authority / Johannes Willebrands -- 14. An Anglican Comment on Papal Authority in the Light of Recent Developments / J. Robert Wright -- 15. Catholicity and Authority in Anglican-Lutheran Relations / S.W. Sykes -- Appendix : The Meaning and Unity of the Anglican Communion (Lambeth 1948).
"Presented to the Anglican Communion in recognition of the contribution of Bishop John Howe, Executive Officer of the Anglican Communion 1969-1971, and Secretary General, the Anglican Consultative Council, 1971-1982, and to The Lambeth Conference 1978 as an aid to its deliberation on Authority". -- p. [5].
Contents divided into three main parts: Part One: The Theology of Authority -- Part Two: Anglican Structures and Usage -- Part Three: The Ecumenical Future of Authority.
Contents: Abbreviations -- Foreword / Robert Runcie, Archbishop of Canterbury -- Introduction : Why Authority / S.W. Sykes -- Ideology, Authority and Faith / John E. Skinner -- The Grace of a Holy God; P.T. Forsyth and the Contemporary Church / R.C. Craston -- The Authority of Love / E.W. Scott -- Authority in the Church; Spiritual Freedom and the Corporate Nature of Faith / H.R. McAdoo -- The Judicious Mr. Hooker and Authority in the Elizabethan Church / J.E. Booty -- A Family Affair: The Pattern of Constitutional Authority in the Anglican Communion / P.H.E. Thomas -- Towards a Theology and Practice of the Bishop-in-Synod / K.S. Chittleborough -- The Making of a Tradition; Provincial Synod in the Church of the Province of Southern Africa / M. Nuttall -- Take Thou Authority; an African Perspective / John S. Pobee -- Collegiality and Conciliarity in the Anglican Communion / Gavin White -- Ecumenical Dialogues and Authority / Gunther Gassmann -- Anglicans, Roman Catholics and Authority / Johannes Willebrands -- An Anglican Comment on Papal Authority in the Light of Recent Developments / J. Robert Wright -- Catholicity and Authority in Anglican-Lutheran Relations / S.W. Sykes -- Appendix : The Meaning and Unity of the Anglican Communion (Lambeth 1948).
"Where, I kept asking myself, is the hope ? Why are so many people feeling such malaise about their future ? It is not just the current misnamed war on terrorism or globalized poverty and disease, or the planet's tragic environmental devastation. It is a loss of faith, of belief. What can the ecumenical movement do to bring hope to a hopeless world, not the false hope of denial or the vapid spirituality that escapes reality but the flame of hope that is willing to accept the challenges of the 21st century ?". -- Foreword.
In this book "Kobia addresses humanity's sense of alienation and quest for identity, asking how the churches, the ecumenical movement and the World Council of Churches -- divided as they are -- may yet be renewed for service. Reiterating the radical message of Jesus, he calls for a spirituality of resistance to all that threaten people and the planet. Kobia recognizes signs of hope already manifesting themselves throughout the world, and reports experiences of grace and transformation that may serve as models for future Christian witness and common action". -- back cover.
Contents: [Dedication to Philip Potter] -- Preface dated 17 June 2006 / Philip Potter -- Foreword dated Geneva 2006 / Samuel Kobia -- Introduction -- An Affair of the Whole People of God -- The Different Voices of the People -- Mapping the 'Oikoumene' -- A World Crying in Great Anguish -- Parables for a New Millennium -- God, In Your Grace, Transform the World Council of Churches -- The Beloved Community -- An Invitation to Prayer -- Acknowledgements -- Glossary.
Chapter 3 Mapping the 'Oikoumene' which discusses the new churches of the global south and Africa in particular refers specifically to the Anglican Communion on pp. 62-67 "The Anglican dilemma".