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2011 Standing Committee Bulletin - Day 4

On the final day of the Standing Committee meeting members heard reports on the Bible in the Life of the Church project and Theological Education.

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2011 Standing Committee Bulletin - Day 3

On day three of the Standing Commitee, the Archbishop of Canterbury and other members of the Standing Committee heard reports on the Evangelism and Church Growth Initiative, The Anglican Alliance, the Communion's Unity, Faith and Order initiatives and the work of the International Anglican Networks.

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2011 Standing Committee Bulletin - Day 2

On the second day of the Standing Committee meeting, members heard reports from the Finance and Administration Committee, on membership and from the Network for Interfaith Concerns.

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The 2011 Standing Committee Daily Bulletin - Day 1

On the first day of this year's Standing Committee meeting, the members heard reports on the Primates' Meeting, Anglican Communion communications and Continuing Indaba. 

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Anglican Communion UN group told "Women have crucial role in international development"

Anglican and Episcopal participants in the 55th annual meeting of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women heard  from a third-year seminarian from Haiti and the head of the Anglican Alliance about the role women have in changing the world.

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The ACC Constitution: An Interview with ACC's legal adviser Revd Canon John Rees

The Anglican Consultative Council has a new Constitution. How did this come about? What does this mean in reality? How will it affect the work of the Instruments of Communion? The Standing Committee? ACNS spoke to John Rees, legal adviser to find out more.

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The Standing Committee Daily Bulletin - Day 4

On tuesday's agenda: the second part of the Unity, Faith and Order report; the report on the Bible in the Life of the Church project and theological education in the Anglican Communion; a report on Anglican Communion communications; a report on Continuing Indaba.

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The Standing Committee Daily Bulletin - Day 3

Building on the report to the Standing Committee, ACO staff Stuart Buchanan and Revd John Kafwanka presented on the ACC and Lambeth Conference-mandated project the Evangelism and Church Growth Initiative (ECGI).

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The Standing Committee Daily Bulletin - Day 2

Saturday's agenda included reports from Chair Bp James Tengatenga and Secretary General Revd Canon Kenneth Kearon; the UN Anglican representatives' reports; reports on finance and administration; business matters; the ACC, the Primates' Meeting and the Standing Committee; and the Lambeth Conference Company.

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The Standing Committee Daily Bulletin - Day 1

Friday’s agenda included membership issues, recent developments in the Communion and reports from Chair Bp James Tengatenga and Secretary General Revd Canon Kenneth Kearon.

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Two new members to be welcomed onto the Standing Committee of the Anglican Communion

The forthcoming Standing Committee meeting will welcome two new members from Asia and Africa: Bp Paul Sarker (Moderator of the Church of Bangladesh and Bishop of Dhaka) and Revd Canon Janet Trisk of South Africa (Rector of the Parish of St David, Prestbury in Pietermaritzburg, in the Diocese of Natal).

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Archbishop of Canterbury's statement on Bishop Mouneer's resignation from SCAC

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, today expressed his regret at the decision of the Most Revd Dr Mouneer Anis, Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Egypt with North Africa and the Horn of Africa, and President Bishop of the Province of Jerusalem and the Middle East, to resign from the Standing Committee of the Anglican Communion:

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Festive Service Closes ACC-14

The Archbishop of Canterbury was the celebrant at a closing Eucharist for the Anglican Consultative Meeting (ACC-14) in Kingston Jamaica. The Eucharist was held at The Cathedral of St. James in Spanish Town- the oldest Cathedral in the British Caribbean.

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Resolutions of ACC-14

Final Resolutions of ACC-14

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ACC-14 Press Briefing 12th May 2009

On this last day of the Anglican Consultative Meeting (ACC-14) the delegates focused on final resolutions and the messages they will take back to their provinces. After a discussion in their discernment groups a closing plenary session was held with the members presenting positive and challenging insights from the meetings.

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ACC-14 Election of Vice Chair and Joint Standing Committee

During the meeting of ACC 14 in Kingston, Jamaica a new Vice Chair and four new members for the Joint Standing Committee were elected. They will join new Chair Bishop James Tengatenga (Central Africa), Mrs Philippa Amable (West Africa), Bishop Kumara Illangasinghe (Ceylon) and Ms Nomfundo Walaza (South Africa).

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The Networks of the Anglican Communion Podcast 9

If you look on the Anglican Communion Office staff list you will see the name The Revd Terrie Robinson not once, not twice but three times. She is the women’s desk officer, the translation co-ordinator and the Anglican Communion Networks Co-ordinator.

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The Networks of the Anglican Communion Podcast 8

Sometimes concerns arise in the life of the Church and we tend to think that it is a brand new issue for the Anglican Communion. Questions around the integrity of the environment may feel relatively new but in fact it was the sixth meeting of the Anglican Consultative Council meeting twenty – five years ago in Badagry Nigeria (1984) Anglican concern led to the formation of The Anglican Communion Environmental Network.

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ACC-14 Presidential Address by the Archbishop of Canterbury

On the eve of the closing of the Anglican Consultative Council 14 meeting in Kingston, Jamaica the Archbishop Of Canterbury delivered his presidential address. The Council has a chair and the Archbishop functions as the president. The address came after the evening worship and was followed by an opportunity to express thanks to Bishop John Paterson who retires as the chair at the end of this meeting,

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ACC-14 Press Briefing 11th May 2009

The Anglican Consultative Council is moving into its last few days of meetings. On Sunday all of the delegates were sent in teams of three or four to every parish on the island of Jamaica- in some cases to celebrate and preach and in all cases to engage in conversations about mission and the opportunities to share the gospel.

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The Networks of the Anglican Communion Podcast 7

The word family evokes a wide range of emotions. For some it is a very loving and supportive word that is the centre of their being. For others it is a place of distance anxiety and frustration with people who are closely related failing to talk or listen to one another. We use the term in many ways, thinking of the Church as a family and even the Anglican Communion as one family under our Lord and Saviour.

 

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The Networks of the Anglican Communion Podcast 6

If you type the letters CUAC into a computer search engine you will discover that it can mean Credit Union Acceptance Corporation or the Cambridge Union Athletic Club. As important as those fine organizations might be for Anglican CUAC has a very special meaning- it is the Colleges and Universities of the Anglican Communion.

 

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ACC-14 Press Briefing 9th May 2009

An important part of the Anglican Consultative meetings being held in Kingston Jamaica is the opportunity for Ecumenical conversations. In times past our ecumenical partners came as guests and often kept silent during the meetings and offered a reflection at the end. At the Lambeth Conference 2008 Archbishop Williams invited our ecumenical partners not as guest but as members. That same invitation has been extended here

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The Networks of the Anglican Communion Podcast 5

“We fear most what we do not know”. That statement appears on the website of NIFCON, The Network for Inter Faith Concerns of the Anglican Communion. Interfaith issues first appeared in a limited way at the 1988 Lambeth Conference. Five years later NIFCON was founded.

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Resolutions of ACC-14 from 9th May

Resolutions were passed on ‘The Bible in the Life of the Church’, Network on Inter-Faith Concerns and from the APJN (Anglican Peace and Justice Network on the Middle East.

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ACC-14 Press Briefing 8th May 2009 with the Secretary General

At the ACC-14 meeting in Kingston Jamaica the concept of An Anglican Covenant was a central theme on this, the 6th day of the meetings. Over the past few days the delegates had a number of sessions in Discernment Groups discussing the Covenant and the resolution that would be presented.

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ACC-14 Press Briefing 8th May 2009

On Friday May 8, 2009 the Anglican Consultative Council meeting in Kingston, Jamaica moved into a decision-making plenary session on the Windsor Continuation Group Report. Earlier in the meeting the Archbishop of Canterbury had made a presentation on this final report ...

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Resolutions of ACC-14 from 8th May

Resolutions were passed on the Windsor Continuation Group, The Anglican Communion Covenant and the Anglican Episcopal Church of Brazil (from APJN).

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Bishop James Tengatenga elected Chair of Anglican Consultative Council

On Friday May 8, 2009 the Anglican Consultative Council broke into enthusiastic applause with the announcement that the Rt Revd James Tengatenga was elected as the new chair of the Anglican Consultative Council. Four candidates had been nominated with Mrs Elizabeth Paver of the Church of England placing second.

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The Networks of the Anglican Communion Podcast 4

The subject of gender equality is one that has always faced the church. The question is, “what do we do about it?” One group that answers that question is IAWN-The International Anglican Women's Network. This group, which is a resource to the Anglican Consultative Council links Anglican women worldwide through communication and prayer.

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