Some closing thoughts on Lambeth Conference of Bishops 2022 I will never forget the words of then Abp. Henry Luke Orombi of Uganda at the Hope and Future Conference in Pittsburgh, 2005 after I had just taken our church plant out of the TEC Diocese of Virginia and transferred it into the Diocese of Ruwenzori, … Read More
Saturday August 6, 2022 “I would utterly have fainted had I not believed that I would see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. O wait for the Lord; be strong, and he shall comfort your heart. O put your trust in the Lord.” Psalm 27:16-17 This is the last full … Read More
“So, together with those who painfully and in good conscience decided not to come, we want to register our collective ownership and stewardship of a Communion that in God’s grace has become worldwide.” – Communique of Orthodox Bishops (par 5.10) The Global South Fellowship of Anglican Churches (GSFA) steering committee presented their Communique of Orthodox … Read More
Photo by Dayne Topkin on Unsplash Thursday August 4, 2022 Yesterday the Lambeth Conference of Bishops travelled by bus to Lambeth Palace for a day of planting one tree and discussing the proposal to create a worldwide “Anglican Communion forest.” I find it remarkable that the issue of the authority of the Scriptures, over which … Read More
At the Lambeth press conference on Anglican identity, I raised the question: “If Anglicanism is conciliar, what are the boundaries within which such conciliarism operates biblically and historically, and how does the current process of responding to the Calls accord with those principles?” Archbishop Josiah Idowu-Fearon, General Secretary of the Anglican Communion, asked what was … Read More
