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Following a European phase of international conversations between representatives from the Anglican Communion and the Baptist World Alliance at Norwich Cathedral, England in September 2000, the Asian phase was held from January 18-21, 2001 in Yangon, Myanmar.

The inaugural meeting of the Inter Anglican Standing Commission on Ecumenical Relations (IASCER) took place in Nassau, Bahamas from 2 to 8 December under the chairmanship of the Most Revd Drexel W. Gomez, the Archbishop of the Church in the Province of the West Indies.

As a result of the decision of the General Council of the Baptist World Alliance (BWA) and the Lambeth Conference of 1998, the first official international conversations between the two communions were held from 21-24 September 2000 in Norwich, England.

This meeting of Anglican and Roman Catholic bishops from 13 countries, convened by His Eminence Edward Cardinal Cassidy and His Grace Archbishop George Carey, gathered at Mississauga, near Toronto, Canada, from 14-20 May 2000.

The International Commission of the Anglican-Orthodox Theological Dialogue met in Salisbury at Sarum College 12 - 16th October 1999

The dialogue between Anglicans and Roman Catholics has shown significant signs of progress on the question of authority in the Church. This progress can already be seen in the convergence in understanding of authority achieved by previous ARCIC statements

As approved by the National Convention of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada and the General Synod of the Anglican Church of Canada. Waterloo, Ontario, 2001.

The Common Declaration by Pope John Paul II and the Archbishop of Canterbury Dr George Carey

The International Dialogue between Anglicans and Methodists had its beginning in the Lambeth Conference of 1988. The invitation by the Anglican bishops to begin formal conversations was enthusiastically accepted by the World Methodist Council.

Lutherans and Anglicans, like Christians of many other traditions, have been engaged during recent decades in much debate about the nature of ministry - both the ministry of the whole people of God and that of specific ordained ministers. This debate was intensified by the publication in 1982 of the Lima document Baptism, Eucharist and Ministry (BEM), which intentionally raised many fundamental issues of ecciesiology, ministry and ordination