Resolutions ACC - 14
Resolution 14.01: Ecumenical Affairs (Ecumenical)
Resolved, 09.05.09, 11.05.09(clause b)
The Anglican Consultative Council:
Resolution 14.02: Evangelism and Church Growth Initiative (Mission)
Resolved 09.05.09
The Anglican Consultative Council:
Resources
Resolution 2: Mission Desk at the Anglican Communion Office
THAT the Joint Standing Committee of the Primates of the Anglican Communion and the Anglican Consultative Council receive the report on the future of the Mission Desk at the Anglican Communion Office, agree to its renaming and encourage the Secretary General to proceed with the setting up of and Evangelism and Church Growth Network.
Resolution 14.03: Anglican Relief and Development Alliance (Mission)
Resolved, 11.05.09
The Anglican Consultative Council:
Resolution 14.04: Local efforts in Relief and Development (Mission)
Resolved, 12.05.09
The Anglican Consultative Council asks the Anglican Communion Office to investigate means by which relief and development initiatives at local level, in congregations, dioceses, provinces and other groups across the Communion might be encouraged and strengthened.
Resolution 14.05: Sixth Mark of Mission (Mission)
Resolved 11.05.09
The Anglican Consultative Council
Resolution 14.06: ‘The Bible in the Life of the Church’
(Theological Studies)
Resolved, 09.05.09
The Anglican Consultative Council:
Resolution 14.07: Network on Inter-Faith Concerns
(Theological Studies)
Resolved, 09.05.09
The Anglican Consultative Council:
Resolution 14.08: Theological Education in the Anglican Communion (Theological Studies)
Resolved, 11.05.09
The Anglican Consultative Council:
Windsor Process Resolutions
Resolution 14.09: The Windsor Continuation Group
Resolved, 08.05.09
The Anglican Consultative Council:
Resolution 14.10: IASCUFO Study
Resolved, 11.05.09
The Anglican Consultative Council, in the light of the Resolution 14.08 of ACC-14 on the WCG Report, asks that the report of the study undertaken by IASCUFO includes a study of the existing papers developed within our Communion and of current best practices in governance for multi-layered complex organizations, and makes recommendations to ACC-15 on ways in which the effectiveness of the Instruments of Communion may be enhanced.
Resolution 14.11: The Anglican Communion Covenant
Resolved, 08.05.09
The Anglican Consultative Council:
Resolution 14.12: The Listening Process
Resolved, 06.05.09
The Anglican Consultative Council
Network Resolutions
Resolution 14.13: Colleges and Universities of the Anglican Communion (CUAC)
Resolved, 06.05.09
The Anglican Consultative Council
Resolution 14.14: Theological Institutions (from CUAC)
Resolved, 06.05.09
The Anglican Consultative Council notes that there is an evolving field of knowledge in contemporary Anglican Studies, and that both current and future leaders of the Communion would benefit from learning about Anglicanism in more than one context. It therefore encourages
Resolution 14.15: Anglican Communion Environmental Network
Resolved, 11.05.09
The Anglican Consultative Council supports the Archbishop of Canterbury in his thoughtful reflection and witness in the areas of the environment, the global economy and our support of vulnerable people and communities, and encourages Provinces:
Resolution 14.16: International Anglican Family Network
Resolved, 05.05.09
The Anglican Consultative Council affirms the value of International Anglican Family Network's work to the Communion, particularly the publication of their newsletters, welcomes the network's proposal to hold a third regional consultation on family issues in Oceania in 2010 and urges Provinces to support this proposal in every way they can.
Réseau /Resolution 14.17:
Le Réseau francophone de la Communion anglicane/ Resolution of the Francophone Network of the Anglican Communion
Résolu/resolved, 05.05.09
(en français)
Le Conseil Consultatif Anglican demande au Comité Ad Hoc d’explorer les moyens d’encourager la traduction de travaux théologiques anglicans fondamentaux dans des langues autres que l’anglais ainsi que leur dissémination, de même que de soutenir la formation de professeurs pour les collèges théologiques de ces provinces et diocèses dont la langue nationale est autre que l’anglais.
(in English)
The Anglican Consultative Council requests the Standing Committee to explore ways of encouraging the translation of basic Anglican theological works into languages other than English, and their dissemination, as well as supporting the formation of teachers for the theological colleges of those provinces and dioceses whose national language is other than English.
Resolution 14.18: Anglican Health Network
Resolved, 05.05.09
The Anglican Consultative Council
Resolution 14.19: Anglican Indigenous Network
Resolved. 05.05.09
The Anglican Consultative Council:
References
United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: (http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/unpfii/en/drip.html)
Resolution 14.20: Anglican Communion Legal Advisers’ Network (ACLAN)
Resolved, 05.05.09
The Anglican Consultative Council
Resolution 14.21: International Anglican Liturgical Consultations
Resolved, 11.05.09
The Anglican Consultative Council receives with thanks the Report of the International Anglican Liturgical Consultations.
Resolution 14.22: The Anglican Episcopal Church of Brazil
(from the Anglican Peace and Justice Network [APJN])
Resolved, 08.05.09
The Anglican Consultative Council expresses solidarity with the Anglican Episcopal Church of Brazil (Igreja Episcopal Anglicana do Brasil) in its prophetic stand on behalf of rural black and quilombo communities who “are experiencing a delicate and tense moment due to imminent judgment of ADI No. 3239 by the Brazilian Federal Supreme Court.”
Resources: letter from the Primate of Brazil
Resolution 14.23: Community Rebuilding (from APJN)
Resolved, 11.05.09
The Anglican Consultative Council:
Resolution 14.24: Conflict (from APJN)
Resolved, 12.05.09
The Anglican Consultative Council:
Resolution 14.25: Korea (from APJN)
Resolved, 12.05.09
The Anglican Consultative Council:
The recommendations are set out there as follows:
To Member Churches of the Anglican Communion
To The Anglican Church of Korea
To The Anglican Consultative Conference and Lambeth Conference
Resolution 14.26: Middle East (from APJN)
Resolved, 09.05.09
The Anglican Consultative Council meeting in Kingston, Jamaica between May 2-12, 2009, in response to the challenge in a sermon on May 3, 2009, of the Archbishop of Canterbury to be a people of hope to those in need of justice, forgiveness and reconciliation,
Resolution 14.27: Peace-making Dialogues (from APJN)
Resolved, 05.05.09
The Anglican Consultative Council:
Resolution 14.28: Post-Conflict Resolution (from APJN)
Resolved, 05.05.09
The Anglican Consultative Council:
Resolution 14.29: Sudan (from APJN)
Resolved, 05.05.09
The Anglican Consultative Council:
Resolution 14.30: Towards Effective Anglican Mission (from APJN)
Resolved, 11.05.09
The Anglican Consultative Council expresses appreciation for the Towards Effective Anglican Mission (TEAM) Gathering in Boksburg, South Africa in March 2007 and commends the TEAM report to the Provinces as a resource in addressing the Millennium Development Goals and the alleviation of poverty in its many forms.
Resolution 14.31: Anglican Refugee and Migrant Network
Resolved, 05.05.09
The Anglican Consultative Council
Resolution 14.32: Anglican Urban Network
Resolved, 12.05.09
The Anglican Consultative Council affirms the work of the Anglican Urban Network.
Resolution 14.33: The International Anglican Women’s Network (IAWN)
Resolved: 05.05.09
The Anglican Consultative Council:
References
(ACC Resolution 13.31.b) Anglican Consultative Council acknowledges the MDG goal for equal representation of women in decision making at all levels, and so requests
For the Beijing Platform: www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/Beijing/platform
For the MDGs: www.un.org/millenniumgoals
Resolution 14.34: International Anglican Youth Network
Resolved, 05.05.09
The Anglican Consultative Council:
Other Resolutions
Resolution 14.35: The Compass Rose Society (CRS)
Resolved, 11.05.09
The Anglican Consultative Council:
Resolution 14.36: Finance
Resolved, 11.05.09
The Anglican Consultative Council:
Resolution 14.37: The Iberian Churches and the Extra-Provincial Jurisdictions
Resolved, 12.05.09
The Anglican Consultative Council:
Resolution 14.38: Anglican Consultative Council and the Primates’ Meeting
Resolved, 12.05.09
The Anglican Consultative Council:
Resolution 14.39: Terminology (Standing Committee)
Resolved, 12.05.09
The Anglican Consultative Council
Resolution 14.40: Resolution of Thanks
Resolved, 12.05.09
The Anglican Consultative Council expresses its profound thanks for the hard work and leadership of those who take leave from us especially
Resolution 14.41: Resolution of Thanks
Resolved, 12.05.09
The Anglican Consultative Council adopts the following letter, greetings, and expression of thanks.
To the Anglicans of Jamaica
This Anglican Consultative Council meeting in Kingston Jamaica gives thanks to the people of the Diocese of Jamaica and the Cayman Islands for their exceptionally warm welcome and generous hospitality. Led by the Bishop of Jamaica, the Rt Revd Alfred Reid, together with the suffragan bishops of Jamaica, the Rt Revd Harold Daniel, Bishop of Mandeville; the Rt Revd Howard Gregory, Bishop of Montego Bay, the Rt Revd Robert Thompson, Bishop of Kingston, those belonging to the diocese have gone out of their way to welcome the participants in this meeting of the Anglican Consultative Council and have been exceedingly generous with their time and resources. The service of welcome in the sports arena on Sunday 3 May, and the visits to some 32 parishes of the diocese over the weekend of 9-10 May were highlights for many and will long stay in the memory of those who participated. Such events as ACC-14 take a huge amount of planning and we are hugely indebted to the work of the Local Arrangements Committee led by Bishop Robert Thompson and all those others who worked alongside him in these services, and in all the other arrangements so necessary to the smooth running of the meeting.
Daily worship and prayer frame the life of Anglican Consultative Council meetings. Canon Collin Reid headed the Chaplaincy Team which ably led our morning and evening worship, and were available daily as chaplains to the meeting. Our thanks go to those who led the music: we all go home with new songs in our hearts to share with our congregations on our return home.
Volunteers, led by the Revd Michael Elliott, from local churches have hugely assisted the smooth running of the meeting. We are indebted to them for their assistance in so many ways and for being available at all times to do what was needed in the office, and as ushers, information givers, providing transport - the list is endless. Thank you.
While members of ACC-14 were engaged in the business of the Council, those accompanying them enjoyed the programme of visits and excursions arranged for them by the local hosts. All those involved in this programme greatly enjoyed and valued the opportunities to see something of Jamaican life and culture. We recognise the huge amount of work involved in making the arrangements and would like to extend our thanks.
We are extremely grateful for all that you have given us. We wish to assure the people of Jamaica that we will continue to hold them and the work and witness of the Anglican Church of Jamaica in our hearts and prayers.
Prayers and Greetings
The members of the Anglican Consultative Council received with appreciation greetings from the President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity Cardinal Walter Kasper on behalf of His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI; from the Ecumenical Patriarch, His All Holiness Bartholomew, Archbishop of Constantinople New Rome; from the President of the International Old Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Union of Utrecht, Archbishop Joris Vercammen, Archbishop of Utrecht, and from the Obispo Maximo of the Iglesia Filipina Independiente, the Most Revd Godfredo J David.
The Council was pleased to welcome as ecumenical participants: Canon John Gibaut and the Revd Paul Gardner [from the World Council of Churches]; Monsignor Mark Langham [the PCPCU]; Metropolitan Nikitas [The Ecumenical Patriarchate]; Bishop Michael Pryse [Lutheran World Federation]. We extend our thanks to our ecumenical participants for their willingness to stand alongside us and to offer prayer, greetings and participation as their gift to us. We assure them of our continued prayer commitment to them as fellow sisters and brothers in the body of Christ.
The Anglican Consultative Council sends greetings to our ecumenical dialogue partners, to His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI, to His All Holiness Bartholomew Ecumenical Patriarch, to Archbishop Joris Vercammen, to Ishmael Noko, General Secretary of the Lutheran World Federation, and to George Freeman, General Secretary of the Methodist World Council, and to all faithful Christians and we wish to assure them of our prayers for their work and witness and for the unity of the Church.
Expression of Thanks
This meeting gives thanks for the work of all those whose God-given gifts have contributed to this meeting and whose dedication and service have enabled the Council to do its work, at this meeting and in the period since ACC-13 on behalf of the Anglican Communion.
Our thanks go to:
The President, the Most Revd and Rt Hon. Dr Rowan Williams,
The Chair, the Rt Revd John Paterson,
The Vice Chair, Professor George Koshy
Secretary General of the Anglican Communion, Canon Kenneth Kearon
the members of the Joint Standing Committee 2005 -2009
the members of Finance Committee 2005 – 2009
Additionally, in the conduct of this meeting, our thanks go to:
those who led the bible studies (Clare Amos, Kumara Illangasinghe and Janet Trisk)
those who led the discernment groups (Mwita Akiri, Josephine Hicks, Rose Hudson-Wilkin, Ezekiel Kondo, Humphrey Peters) and the ecumenical streams (John Gladstone, Sue Moxley, Elizabeth Paver, James Tengatenga), and
the members of the Resolutions Committee (Tony Fitchett Chair, Philippa Amable, Ian Douglas, John Gladstone, John Stuart and Gregory Cameron, Secretary)
We offer particular thanks for the innovative design of the Anglican Consultative Council meeting, and for those responsible in developing and sustaining this, to the Secretary General and to Stephen Lyon and Sue Parks.
Our thanks go to the members of the Anglican Communion Networks who gave freely of their time to resource and inspire this meeting by sharing the work of the Networks. Their presence greatly enhanced and informed our deliberations. Additionally, this Council notes that a great deal of the work and witness of the Anglican Communion is undertaken through the Networks of the Anglican Communion. We thank them for their faithfulness and commitment to God's mission.
The Conference Staff
This meeting of the Anglican Consultative Council expresses its profound thanks to those who have staffed this Conference, and through their work – before, during and after the meeting – have enabled the smooth running of ACC-14:
Kenneth Kearon (Secretary General), Gregory K Cameron (Deputy Secretary General), Michael Ade, Clare Amos, Stuart Buchanan, Lynne Butt, Rachel Carnegie, Christine Codner, David Craig, Suminder Duggal, Paul Feheley, Andrew Franklin, Yoshimi Gregory, Phil Groves, Gill Harris-Hogarth, Ian Harvey, John Kafwanka, Stephen Lyon, Fiona Millican, Sue Parks, Dorothy Penniecooke, Terrie Robinson, Joanna Udal, Neil Vigers, Hellen Wangusa. Interpreters: Paul Cho, Dominique Macneill, Eddie Marques-Picon
We also thank the staff and management of the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel who provided a comfortable home in which to do our work.