Among the key proposals, they suggest a new framework that could censure rebellious Churches and a central \u201cpastoral forum\u201d\u009d to settle disputes.<\/p>\n
However, the Rt Rev Michael Scott-Joynt, the Bishop of Winchester, said that the Archbishop\u2019s plan to maintain unity lacked a sense of urgency and was unlikely to work.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Lambeth Conference is required to do something rather than live down to the worst expectations of the bishops who stayed away,\u201d\u009d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe need to negotiate a separation in the Communion sooner rather than later, to leave the strongest possibility of remaining in some kind of fellowship.\u201d\u009d<\/p>\n
Bishop Scott-Joynt said that he was concerned that traditional Churches in Africa would break away unless the Lambeth Conference delivers a clear definition of what Anglicanism represents in the final report.<\/p>\n