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The International Commission of the Anglican-Orthodox Theological Dialogue met in Volos 12th-15th February 2001

An African phase of international conversations between Anglicans and Baptists was held in Nairobi, Kenya from 24-26 January 2001

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

This report was presented to ACC-10 Meeting in Panama, October 1996. In response the ACC noted with approval the Agros Report.

Since Panama the co-chairs of the dialogues and the ecumenical officers of the Provinces have responded to the request for further developments internationally and locally. In August 1997, a small editorial group met at the Virginia Theological Seminary in Alexandria, Virginia, USA to include these responses and edit this Report.