Lambeth Bursaries
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- Date
- 1996 April 29 - May 3
- Source
- House of Bishops. Minutes
- Type
- Resolution
- Mover
- Archbishop Crawley
- Seconder
- Bishop Ingham
- Prologue
- Canon Symon spoke to the House of Bishops about bursaries for the Lambeth Conference in 1998. He reminded the members of the House of Bishops that they should have received a copy of a letter from the Archbishop of Canterbury which referred to this matter. In it, Provinces were asked:
- - "Can your Province look after the costs of getting your bishops to the Lambeth Conference ?
- - If yes, can you assist others who are unable to cover their costs ?
- - If no, what is your estimated shortfall ?"
- Canon Symon said that the fee per person is expected to be approximately 1,250 [pounds sterling]. The responses from the 36 Provinces to the letter from the Archbishop of Canterbury were:
- 9 are prepared to help
- 14 will need help
- 5 are self sufficient, but are unable to help others
- 8 haven't replied
- The Church of England and the Episcopal Church of the United Stated have committed to 800,000 [pounds sterling]. Canon Symon said that the global goal is for 1,250,000 [pounds sterling]. That translates into a bursary of about 5,000 [pounds sterling] per bishop or US $8,000 per diocese to assist in the cost of travel and board.
- Archbishop Peers outlined the three funding sources expected from the Anglican Church of Canada towards the costs of the Lambeth Conference.
- 1. Travel and accommodation costs for those attending from the diocese (which is the responsibility of the diocese)
- 2. Core budget for Lambeth (cost of preparation, communication ... etc.)
- 3. Suggested bursary
- The funding for the core budget has been paid by the dioceses since 1990 to the national office which will forward the funds to the Lambeth Conference. The Primate then requested that the dioceses put aside money for the equivalent of a bursary fund. A discussion then followed about what would be an appropriate amount for each diocese to put aside. There was consensus that the Anglican Church of Canada's share toward the bursary fund was approximately $250,000.
- Text of motion
- That $250,000 be the working target in principle towards the Lambeth Conference Bursary Fund. CARRIED
- Notes
- A member of the House suggested that "charity begins at home" and inquired about the possibility of an internal travel pool to equalize the cost of travel. It was agreed that there should be an internal pool.
- The Primate's office agreed to approach Mr. Armstrong, Treasurer of General Synod to look at the amount each diocese would be requested to contribute towards the bursary fund. The amounts would be based on what each diocese pays towards the apportionment budget. It was agreed that a letter from the Primate would then be sent to the House of Bishops indicating the target set towards the bursary fund for each diocese. The members would then be responsible for checking whether or not it would be possible for their diocese to meet the amount set for them. Archbishop Peers requested that information be obtained by the end of September.
- The Primate told the House of Bishops that the Reverend Canon John Rye, Regional Coordinator for Africa/Middle East at the national office had accepted the job of bursar for the Lambeth Conference. Canon Rye retires from the national office in June 1996.
- Archbishop Peers concluded the session by thanking all for participating, especially Mr. Long, Canon Symon and Bishop Matthews.
- Subjects
- Lambeth Conference Bursary Fund
- Lambeth Conference, 1998 - Finance
- Anglican Communion - Finance
- Anglican Communion - Funds and scholarships
- Anglican Church of Canada - Finance
- Rye, John Hanington Brooke, 1931-2002