The first three-day Indaba process specifically designed for women to discuss the issue of violence has been hailed a success by participants.
Ministries - Continuing Indaba
A journey of conversation to strengthen relationships for mission
The Rt Revt Pradeep Kumar Samantaroy
Bishop of Amritsa
‘Sincere conversation and mutual listening is the only Christian way to carry people together in a common journey’
- Intensifying relationships across the Communion
- Energising local and global mission
- Enabling genuine conversation across difference
What is a hub?
Each conversation partner will be resourced by a Resource Hub which will ground each conversation in its cultural contexts and provide theological processes for conversation across difference.
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Current News Items
The Church of England’s recent decision to move its model of mission from one of dependency to mutuality has been warmly welcomed by the Anglican Communion’s Continuing Indaba team.
By Matthew Davies, Episcopal News Service
Enabling conversation across difference has been the main objective of the Anglican Communion’s Continuing Indaba and Mutual Listening Process. But the fruits of the program in breaking down barriers and building friendships across vastly different contexts have far exceeded any expectations, according to the Rev. Canon Phil Groves, who said the guiding principle and the key to its success has been in placing Christ at the center of the conversations.
The Bishop of Gloucester, the Rt Revd Michael Perham, the Bishop of El Camino Real, the Rt Revd Mary Gray-Reeves and the Bishop of Western Tanganyika, the Rt Revd Sadock Makaya, have written to the Archbishop of Canterbury reflecting on their Indaba process, stressing the importance of the project and the hope that it will be expanded within the Anglican Communion.
Featured Area: Continuing Indaba and Mutual Listening
The ACC at its recent meeting in Jamaica received a report on the Listening Process and welcomed a proposal for a Continuing Indaba Project urging its implementation as soon as possible. It is a biblically based and mission focussed project designed to develop relationships within the Anglican Communion by drawing upon cultural models of consensus building for mutual action.
- Report to ACC 14.
- Resolution from ACC 14.
- The outline of the Continuing Indaba project.
- The Satcher Health Institute and funding.