The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Revd Rowan Williams spoke today the Anglican Consultative Council (ACC) meeting of his hopes for the forthcoming conference. He said that he was concerned that the gathering will help bishops be "better equipped for mission" and to focus on "training and devleopment" for the participants.
28 June 2005
Let me begin by giving you a summary of the sermon that I'm not going to preach. It's very tempting when we hear the New Testament lesson today to use it as a way of thinking about the Church including strangers. The Church moves from one ethnic group to another and proves that it is adaptable for new people.
27 June 2005
Who are we talking to in this meeting? To be a Christian is to believe we are commanded and authorised to say certain things to the world; to say things that will make disciples of all nations. Our words matter. We have to think with care about them and to try and know something of how they will be heard.
20 June 2005
From our first reading this evening, 'you shall be to me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation'. These words spoken to the people of Israel in the wilderness are spoken again to the church in the New Testament. And spoken to us today.
22 February 2005
Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Revd Rowan Williams
Internationalism and Beyond
Speech on the occasion of a fund raising dinner for the Anglican Observer to the United Nations.
19 June 2004
Armagh is not the only city with two cathedrals facing each other from two hills. If you go to Kampala, you'll see exactly the same phenomenon - the great Anglican cathedral at Namirembe and the Roman Catholic cathedral on the other side of the city
12 May 2004
A good few years ago, I heard a distinguished American scholar of ancient history commenting on the proclamation of the resurrection as it would have been heard in the classical world. 'If an educated Greek or Roman had been told that someone had been raised from the dead', he said, 'his first question would have been "How do you get him back into his grave again?"'
11 April 2004
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, who is on a six-day pastoral visit to the Middle East, has strongly condemned the latest upsurge in violence involving Israelis and Palestinians.
29 January 2004
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, has visited the site of one of the synagogues badly damaged in Saturday's bombings in Istanbul.
18 November 2003
Visiting the Phanar, the Cathedral Church of St George, Dr Williams spoke of "the growing together in love and fellowship" between the two churches.
17 November 2003