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13th Lambeth Conference concludes with Eucharist & fireworks

13th Lambeth Conference concludes with Eucharist & fireworks

With fireworks more joyful than some that erupted during the three-week meeting, the Lambeth Conference concluded Saturday (August 8) with Eucharist and closing celebration.

08 August 1998

Sermon by Archbishop Carey at final Lambeth service

Sermon by Archbishop Carey at final Lambeth service

Just a few days before the Conference began, two visitors from South Africa came to see me - a little girl aged four and her young mother.

08 August 1998

Final Lambeth plenary looks to the Anglican Communion's future

Final Lambeth plenary looks to the Anglican Communion's future

At the final plenary of Lambeth, a video presentation, panel discussion and address by David Ford, professor of divinity at the University of Cambridge, offered some perspective on the significance of three weeks of meetings, worship, Bible study, debates, garden parties and a cruise on the Thames.

08 August 1998

Lambeth Conference reaffirms protection of diocesan boundaries

Lambeth Conference reaffirms protection of diocesan boundaries

Diocesan and provincial boundaries are sacrosanct, at least in the mind of the Lambeth Conference

08 August 1998

Lambeth calls for cooperation and dialogue in inter-faith relations

Lambeth calls for cooperation and dialogue in inter-faith relations

The Lambeth Conference has set up a check-list to guide Anglicans who are living and working alongside members of other faiths.

08 August 1998

Transfiguration Liturgy offers moment of blessing to Lambeth Conference

Transfiguration Liturgy offers moment of blessing to Lambeth Conference

A forgiving victim, a repentant church and an accident of timing combined in a moment of blessing for the Lambeth Conference.

08 August 1998

Remarks of Dr. David Ford at Final Plenary Session - 8 August 1998

Remarks of Dr. David Ford at Final Plenary Session - 8 August 1998

How can we begin to do justice to the event that we have been taking part in during the past three weeks?

08 August 1998

Lambeth Conference calls for peace in Uganda's civil war

Lambeth Conference calls for peace in Uganda's civil war

The plight of a Ugandan bishop whose wife was killed by an exploding land-mine brought a resolution into sharp focus for bishops at the Lambeth Conference Saturday (August 8).

08 August 1998

Call to Prayer concludes Lambeth Conference business sessions

Call to Prayer concludes Lambeth Conference business sessions

To conclude the final business plenary of the 13th Lambeth Conference, Archbishop of Canterbury George Carey moved the "Lambeth Call to Prayer" and prayed for God's blessing on the newly released 1999-2000 Anglican Cycle of Prayer, produced by Forward Movement Publications.

08 August 1998

Bishop Frederick Borsch remarks at Section Three plenary - 6 August 1998

Bishop Frederick Borsch remarks at Section Three plenary - 6 August 1998

What holds the Anglican Communion together? In the work of Section Three we found that it is much more than Wippells. Through our prayer and song, our scriptural study and the sharing of our stories of faith

08 August 1998