…Secretary General of the Anglican Communion, Canon Kenneth Kearon then gave his address in which he reminded the Standing Committee that it had been a short period of time since the ACC-15 in November 2012 so the programmatic reports would not be a substantial as normal.<\/p>\n
He then highlighted the fact that a major issue for the Anglican Communion Office (ACO) is a lack of funding. This, he said, meant that that for a \u201cnot negligible amount of time, staff are having to raise money for their own work.\u201d\u009d
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\nHis visit to Uruguay in January had been well received, as was his trip to the Diocese of Botswana in March for its anniversary celebrations and farewell to Bishop Trevor Mwamba.
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\nThe afternoon began with a session reflecting on ACC-15. Stephen Lyon<\/b> began by sharing feedback from ACC members on what they thought had gone well, and what could have been improved for the next meeting. Things to be improved included the handling of resolutions, how the ACC related to the Anglican Communion Networks, and the amount of reading material and preparation required.<\/p>\n
Those things particularly appreciated included having members spend time in regional groups;
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\nDuring the discussion about the handling of resolutions, both Bishop David Chillingworth and Archbishop Daniel Deng Bul Yak raised questions about the role and functions of the Instruments of Communion. Archbishop Deng Bul Yak said he hoped the Anglican Consultative Council could be more of a forum where issues impacting the global Anglican family could be discussed. Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori<\/b> recommended more space at the beginning of meetings to \u201clisten deeply to one another and figure out what it is we need to indaba about\u201d\u009d.<\/p>\n