"My Dream for the Lambeth Conference"

Notes: Archbishop George Carey outlines some of his hopes and expectations for the thirteenth Lambeth Conference of 1998. "I hope that every bishop and his or her spouse will come prepared to give, to share their story. Some will bring gifts of mission, liturgy, faith learned through persecution and suffering, scholarship, leadership and pastoral oversight. .... But part of my dream is also of each person coming to receive -- to receive from the insights and giftedness of others, to hear the stories which others have to tell, to enter into the extraordinary and unique experiences which have moulded each of us on our path of discipleship. It will be shameful if people come simply with their own agendas to 'force' others to accept their point of view. That's not true giving; that's dictatorship."

Subjects: Lambeth Conference, 1998; Anglican Communion - Congresses; Anglican Communion - Bishops