Basically the indaba groups, for those who do not know, are made up of 40 bishops, 5 groups of eight. Sometimes they separate into 8 person bible study groups and then come together again. The aim is to enable listening and understanding in relationship to the impact that the Anglican Communion\u2019s engagement with same sex issues has had on our participation in God\u2019s mission.<\/p>\n
It is important in stressing that aim; that it is not designed to be a conversation revisiting .Lambeth 1.10. It is not a conversation about anthropology or moral and ethical understandings of same sex sexuality, the focus is on how has the way the Anglican Communion has engaged in these conversations been consistent with participation in God\u2019s mission.<\/p>\n
The specific question given to the bishops in indaba group is: How have the same-sex initiates impacted my diocese\u2019 part in God\u2019s mission?<\/p>\n
The indaba will see a short 10 minute video of faces of people around the communion speaking to that question. The point is that it is good for the bishops to be together but let\u2019s not forget the wider body of Christ and how these conversations effect their lives in the Church<\/p>\n
The bishops it is then suggested will move to the bible study groups where they can begin to answer this question for themselves\u201d\u00a6this is what this initiative has meant in my diocese.<\/p>\n