"The ACC [Anglican Consultative Council] is the only instrument of Communion that comprises both ordained and lay members. Due to the relational nature of our Communion, this Instrument is consultative, but it does make strong recommendations regarding decisions and courses of action to the Member Churches. By the end of the meeting members reviewed and voted on 41 such resolutions".
One of the resolutions voted on by the more than 80 delegates was one to "adopt a Safe Church Charter protecting vulnerable people. Australian Garth Blake, convener of the Communion's Safe Church Network, explained that society is watching to see what the Communion is doing about abuse in churches. 'There has been a disconnect between what churches say and what has happened', he said. 'People have been severely harmed in our churches. Trust has been lost. The charter is designed to rebuild that trust'."
"Other ACC recommendations include Member Churches reviewing their current communications capacity and taking steps to improve it. ACC members were warned that many Provinces were letting the secular media and agenda-driven bloggers tell the Church's story for them.
'In today's world, of instant, global communications almost everyone within reach of a mobile phone or computer can tell their own story,' said the Anglican Communion's Director of Communications, Jan Butter. 'Member Churches can now, more than ever before, ensure that other Communion Churches hear the truth about their life and mission'."
There were three public evening sessions during the course of the meeting -- on peace, the environment and Christian witness. There were other presentations on the Communion's relationships at the global level with other Christian traditions and on the Anglican understanding and use of the Bible (Bible in the Life of the Church Project).
The Rt. Rev. Victoria Matthews, Bishop of Christchurch, "spoke on the history and progress of the Anglican Communion Covenant. A member of the Commission mandated to review the unity, faith and order of the Communion, Bishop Matthews explained it was not the Commission's task to promote the Covenant, but rather monitor its reception".
Pages 8-9 include additional photos from ACC-15 with six (6) brief notes including links to websites and also QR codes at the bottom of the pages.
"The Parthenon Foundation in Switzerland has awarded a grant of 150,000 [pounds sterling] to the Anglican Communion Secretariat in London of an endowment for the Communications programme. .... The Rev, Canon Samir J. Habiby, the Chaplain of Christ Church, Lausanne (which the Chairman of the Parthenon Trust attends) is an active member of the Anglican Communion's Compass Rose Society." "The 150,000 [pounds sterling] grant is the first major donation to the endowment which will total US $20,000,000 when complete. Canon Peterson, through the efforts of the Compass Rose Society ... hopes that the endowment will be in place by the end of 2003 when he leaves office." "The Communications work is accomplished almost single-handedly by Lay Canon James Rosenthal, an appointed missionary of the Episcopal Church U.S.A.". He is editor of the Anglican World and responsible for the telecommunications operations including being editor of the web-based Anglican Communion News Service. He is also a photographer and often travels with the Archbishop of Canterbury or General Secretary.
In March 1998 the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (SPCK) celebrated its 300th anniversary. The society was founded by Thomas Bray in 1698 to "`counteract the growth of vice and immorality' through the dissemination of Christian books and tracts around the world. Today the work included book-publishing and selling in the UK and abroad and the support of Christian communication and theological education world-wide".
"Distributed in Canada by The Anglican Book Centre, 600 Jarvis Street, Toronto 5, Ontario. Distributed in Great Britain by S.P.C.K., Holy Trinity Church, Marylebone Rd., London N.W. 1. Distributed in the U.S.A. by The Seabury Press, 825 Second Avenue, New York, N.Y., 10017". -- verso of t.-p.
"Printed and bound in Canada by T.H. Best Printing Company Limited, December 1963". -- verso of t.-p.
Includes bibliographical references.
"The following pages contain what I sincerely hope is a fair account of the Anglican Congress of 1963. In addition to the sermons and formal addresses, reproduced in as accurate and definitive a form as time and circumstances permit. I have included both the group 'findings' as officially reported to the full Congress and a wide selection of informal speeches and comments made in the plenary sessions or sent in from the groups. I have also attempted a brief preliminary interpretation of the Congress as I saw it and felt its impact. It was the express wish of the Editorial Committee that the record of the Toronto Congress should include these elements of personal reporting and commentary and I have tried to carry out my assignment without worrying unduly about the criticisms that such an impressionistic account must necessarily invite". -- Preface, p. xv.
Contents divided into five main parts: Part One: Anglican Congress, 1963 -- Part Two: The Church's Mission to the World -- Part Three: The Church in Action -- Part Four: The Challenge of the Frontiers -- Part Five: After the Congress ... What ?
Contents of prefatory material: Congress Prayer -- Churches of the Anglican Communion -- Table of Contents -- Foreword / The Most Reverend Howard Hewlett Clark -- Preface dated Trinity College, Toronto, Canada, November 15, 1963 / E.R.F.
Contents of Part One: Call to Reformation / The Editor -- The Opening of the Congress: The Congress Assemblies -- Sermons at the Opening Service / Howard Hewlett Clark and Arthur Michael Ramsey.
Contents of Part Two: Theme One: The Church's Mission to the World: On the Religious Frontier -- Theme Address / M.A.C. Warren -- Panel -- Islam / A Kenneth Cragg -- Totalitarianism, Communism, Secularism / Robert R. Browne -- Buddhism / Y. Endo -- Sectarianism and Divided Christendom, the African Situation / C.E. Tuboku-Metzger -- What Was Said Later / A. Kenneth Cragg -- Theme Two: The Church's Mission to the World: On the Political Frontier -- Theme Address / John W. Sadiq -- Panel -- International Affairs / Philip Mason -- Social Justice / A.C. MacInnes -- Racism / T.O. Olufosoye -- Hunger, Poverty, Rapid Social Change / Janet Lacey -- What Was Said Later / C.E. Crowther, Francis T. West, Richard S. Emrich -- Theme Three: The Church's Mission to the World, On the Cultural Frontier -- Theme Address / John Lawrence -- Panel -- Changing Concepts of Man / E.R. Wickham -- The Image of Christianity in the Modern East / Chandu Ray -- Urbanization. Industrialization, Automation / W.G. Pollard -- Mass Society and the Mass Media / Malcolm Boyd -- What Was Said Later / W.G. Pollard, E.R. Wickham, W.G. Pollard, Philip Mason, Janet Lacey.
Contents of Part Three: Mission as Our Common Task / F.D. Coggan -- Mutual Responsibility and Interdependence in the Body of Christ : A Message from the Primates and Metropolitans of the Anglican Communion -- Commentary / A.M. Ramsey, David M. Goto, Richard R. Roseveare, John W. Sadiq, Stephen F. Bayne -- What Was Said Later / Mark Gibbs -- Pictures -- Sermons at the Mass Meeting of Missionary Witness / K.D.W. Anand, Roland Koh, John C. Vockler.
Contents of Part Four: Theme Four: The Challenge of the Frontiers: Training for Action -- Theme Address / F.C. Synge -- Panel -- Theological Education / Alan Richardson -- Stewardship / Richard S. Emrich -- Vocation and Enlistment / E.G. Knapp-Fisher -- Training of the Laity / A.M. Stockwood -- What Was Said Later / F.C. Synge, Alan Richardson, E.G. Knapp-Fisher, W.G.H. Simon, Sospeter Magua, Mpiwa Mbatha, Dale Pederson, Victor G. Shearburn -- Theme Five: The Challenge of the Frontiers: Organizing for Action -- Theme Address / Stephen F. Bayne -- Panel -- Internal Structure and Organization / H.L.J. de Mel -- Manpower / Walter H. Gray -- Strategy / W.G.H. Simon -- Pooling Information and Combined Operations / Peter N. Harvey -- What Was Said Later / Stephen F. Bayne, Peter N. Harvey, F.D. Coggan -- Theme Six: The Vocation of the Anglican Communion -- Theme Address / Howard A. Johnson -- Panel -- The Anglican Communion in Ireland / G.O. Simms -- The Anglican Heritage and the Common Christian Calling / William R. Coleman -- Unity Within the Anglican Communion / H.M. Waddams -- The Anglican Church in the Ecumenical Movement in Pakistan / Priobala Mangat-Rai -- What Was Said Later / J.C. Fowler.
Contents of Part Five: Some Unfinished Business: Notes on the Closing Sessions of the Congress -- Christian Morality / L.J. Beecher, H.L.J. de Mel, R.S. Emrich, Mrs. Ronald Hallifax, Miss A. Devitt -- The Second Vatican Council / C.H.W. de Soysa, James A. Pike, Arthur A. Vogel -- The Closing Day's Business / A.M. Ramsey -- The Congress Message -- The Closing Service: Sermon at the Closing Service / Joost de Blank -- Congress Committees -- List of Delegates -- Directory of Congress Participants.
A description of the four-day visit by Dr. Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury, to Sri Lanka and the Church of Ceylon [7-10 May] 2007. "His schedule did not permit a visit to the most troubled areas of the island but groups and individuals travelled from the North and the East to meet with him both in Kurunagala and Colombo". "The Archbishop was shocked to hear of the extent to which children were being forced to act as soldiers, a practice he repeatedly condemned. In his meeting with internally displaced people as well as those community and faith leaders from the troubled regions, Dr. Williams was briefed on human rights abuses which seemed to be routinely practised on a wide scale". The Archbishop met with the President and also with the leader of the opposition. "During his visit, Dr. Williams paid tribute to the role being exercised by the Church of Ceylon and the public stance of its bishops. In his sermon in Kurunagala he told the congregation that their witness and faithfulness would be vital for the days ahead". Archbishop Williams said: "The whole world is a territory which we must learn to live in together, with a shared responsibility. It is not only this island or my own island that is too small for conflict, the world too small for conflict and our modern communications and technology should be teaching not how easy it is to spread the messages of fear and paranoia and hatred; it should be teaching us that we can grow into a common language, a common vision, a common responsibility. .... We must keep our bridges in good repair, the bridges for listening and sympathy, hearing the truth from one another, learning what the other's experience is like. And as we do that we shall find, so God promises us, that there is a blessing even from the stranger."
Article includes photo of Archbishop Rowan Williams with Bishop Kumara Illangesinghe of Kurunagala.
Photo with caption. "A special international meeting of media/communication specialists gathered in England for an advisory meeting for the Anglican Communion Office. Here the group hears about the history of Canterbury Cathedral on a visit to the ancient crypt. Advisers came from nine provinces."
Jim Rosenthal, Director of Communications and Editor of `Anglican World' attended a meeting in Melbourne Australia and managed a brief visit to the Communications staff in the diocese of Sydney. The Australian Church is very involved in preparations for Lambeth 1998. Archbishop Keith Rayner is convenor of the planning committee and Bishop Roger Herft, of Newcastle, has been appointed chaplain to the conference.
Bishop Onell Soto interviewed Bishop John Paterson, Primate of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia, and new Chair of the Anglican Consultative Council, about the role of the Anglican Consultative Council and his role within it.
"The Anglican Communion has responded with enthusiasm to the Lambeth Fathers' call for a Decade of Evangelism. In these pages lay persons, evangelists, scholars, bishops, and clergy convey stories of 'Sharing the Good News through Mission' in their part of God's world. As the title suggests, evangelism and mission are inseparable. These chapters express that reality against a background of cultural diversity and experience". -- back cover.
Contents: Foreword / Robert Renouf -- List of Contributors -- An Introduction and a Plea / Colin Craston -- Section I: Evangelism in Mission: Everything Connects -- 1. Proclamation of Good News: Essential Relationships of Mission and Evangelism / David Winter -- 2. Decade of Transformation: Proclaiming, Celebrating and Following Christ as the Paradigm of Change in People, Church and Society / Janet Hodgson -- 3. Compassionate Service to the Needy: Sharing in the Compassion of Christ / James Ottley -- 4. Integrity of Creation: Striving to safeguard the integrity of creation and safeguard and renew the ecological life of the earth / Kenyon Wright -- Section II: Mission in Context: Church and World -- 5. Ecumenical Context / Alexander Malik -- 6. Cultural Context / French Chang-Him -- 7. Context of People of God in Community / Jaci Maraschin -- Section III: Movement to Mission: A Massive Shift -- 8. Training the Laity and Clergy for Mission: The Role of Every Christian -- 9. Renewal of the Church in Mission: The Work of the Spirit in Christian Formation / Sehon Goodridge -- 10. Structures and Strategies for Mission and Evangelism: Sabah Style / Yong Ping Chung -- 11. Mission and Communication: 'Roger and Out' / Roger Herft -- Epilogue: A Story to Tell / Gideon Olajiide.
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