Selects CNC member again for Primates – Anglican Alliance has no funds to give – Indaba outbreak spreads
During Monday’s meeting, the Standing Committee were also asked to elect one of the Anglican Communion primates to serve on the Church of England’s Crown Nominations Commission (CNC) were there a need to appointment a new Archbishop of Canterbury. Electing a primate to serve in this capacity will happen annually.
The committee elected an Archbishop from an African province, with a second African primate also elected in case the first is unable to serve when called upon. The names of those elected will be released after they have been informed.
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Sally Keeble presented on the work of Anglican Alliance, Development, Relief and Advocacy of which she is the director. She highlighted the importance of the regional consultations and local facilitators based in Latin America and the Caribbean, Africa, Asia and the Pacific. She explained how the Alliance works””via capacity building, sharing best practice, networking and developing best practice””and emphasised that it is not a funding body.
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Presenting on Continuing Indaba, the Revd Dr Phil Groves said it had been birthed out of disputes, but had now moved on to where people were genuinely considering the different cultures and different understanding of the scriptures that emerged. “What excites us is that these conversations of difference lead on to greater mission in the life of the church.”
So many buzz words, so little time…
[blockquote] “The committee elected an Archbishop from an African province, with a second African primate also elected in case the first is unable to serve when called upon.” [/blockquote]
It will be interesting to see who it is. Even this tends to the farcical – the representative should be truly representative, i.e. elected by his fellow primates, not chosen by this unrepresentative and inconsequential standing committee.
Nvertheless, it is still an improvement: For the last election, the CNC chose ++Morgan of Wales, a man with virtually nothing in common with most of the Communion leaders. It was a very obvious slap in the face to the wider Communion, and compared very badly to the Roman Catholic Church’s involvement of the Global South in the choosing of the new Pope.
Blah, blah, blah… When we “listen deeply” we can easily see that “Rump” and “inconsequential” are apt descriptors.
Indaba: “You keep saying that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.”