The Lambeth plenary on "Muslim-Christian Relations and the Anglican Communion, will not "look at Islam in isolation, but rather in the context of our entire attention to interfaith relations here at the Lambeth Conference," said Bishop Michael Nazir-Ali, the plenary coordinator.
25 July 1998
The honorary degree of Doctor in Divinity will be conferred upon Bishop Gondi Theodore Abraham of Nandyal (South India), and Bishop John Chien of the Diocese of Taiwan (USA), by Virginia Theological Seminary during the Anglican Communion's Lambeth Conference in Canterbury.
25 July 1998
It's rare that one gets two introductions that are so diverse. The introduction from the Archbishop of Canterbury was one of warmth and understanding and friendship in a joint endeavour to deal with the issues of poverty.
25 July 1998
Let us proclaim our full humanity - It is a great honour for me to have the privilege of leading the work of Section One of our conference - Called to Full Humanity. I have come from Cape Town, the most beautiful city in the world - and I will tolerate no argument about that - at the southernmost tip of the continent of Africa.
25 July 1998
Lambeth Conference has never been a low-cost undertaking. This time, however, at an estimated per person cost of about £2,150 (US$4,000), organizers recognized that serious fundraising help would be necessary or many bishops would be unable to attend.
24 July 1998
Twenty-eight thousand children die each day from largely preventable diseases. Every minute of every day eight babies die following pregnancy and one woman dies from pregnancy-related complications.
24 July 1998
International debt is an issue arousing passion and concern among Lambeth bishops.
24 July 1998
"Why are we suffering so much?" asked an old woman who lives in poverty in rural Zambia.
24 July 1998
More than 50 people attended a reception and program Thursday night (July 23) to welcome the three Lutheran bishops from Scandinavia who for the first time are members of the Lambeth Conference.
24 July 1998
Lambeth Conference planners are working hard to avoid a final-week logjam of resolutions when the bishops emerge from their closed section meetings to consider resolutions in plenary sessions.
23 July 1998