The Trinity 2002 issue of Anglican World presents the final report, which has emerged from the International Anglican Conversations on Human Sexuality.
Following the Lambeth Conference of 1998, Bishops from different Provinces of the Anglican Communion were called together at the invitation of the Archbishop of Canterbury for a series of conversations regarding issues of human sexuality. According to the Archbishop's mandate the purpose was to "help move the whole Communion forward from the Lambeth resolution."
The Most Revd Frank T Griswold, Presiding Bishop and Primate of the Episcopal Church in the United States, said, "The purpose of the meetings were to deepen our understanding of each others' views, as well as the theological perspectives and personal/cultural experiences in which these views are grounded."
The Statement is not just a question of what is regarded as being an acceptable approach in one society; it is more a part of how the Communion feels in its entirety.
In his commendation for the report the Most Revd and Rt Hon George L Carey, Archbishop of Canterbury, commented, "We dialogue in order to clarify…and to appreciate better (even though we may not agree with) the reasons why some people's views differ so radically from our own. In this way, our deepest search for truth will not be divorced from the fellowship we need for truth to emerge."
Those who took part in the conversations were:
- The Rt Revd Simon Chiwanga, Bishop of Mpwapwa, Tanzania
- The Most Revd Terence Finlay, Bishop of Toronto, Canada
- The Most Revd Frank T Griswold, Presiding Bishop and Primate, Episcopal Church, USA
- The Rt Revd Roger Herft, Bishop of Newcastle, NSW, Australia
- The Rt Revd Josiah Idowu-Fearon, Bishop of Kaduna, Nigeria
- The Rt Revd Chilton Knudsen, Bishop of Maine, USA
- The Most Revd Peter Kwong, Archbishop of Hong Kong
- The Most Revd Glauco Soares de Lima, Primate of Brazil and Bishop of Sao Paulo
- The Rt Revd John Lipscome, Bishop of Southwest Florida, USA
- The Rt Revd Michael Scott-Joynt, Bishop of Winchester, UK
- The Rt Revd Peter Watson, Archbishop of Melbourne, Australia
- The Most Revd Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Wales, UK