Episcopal appointments from around the Communion.
30 January 1998
(ACNS - David Hamid) The establishment of a Pan African Anglican-Lutheran commission to work toward a relationship of full communion as a stage along the way to full visible unity was discussed in a consultation held in Johannesburg, South Africa in December. The consultation brought together 10 Lutherans and 10 Anglicans, including bishops, pastors and lay people, from different parts of Africa.
23 January 1998
A Happy New Year to all our readers. This is the 130th report from the Anglican Communion News Service. This is a weekly service which covers news stories received by the Anglican Communion Office in London and a list of the most recent episcopal appointments. Please credit ACNS when you reproduce items from this service.
12 January 1998
It's been quite a year, hasn't it? It's been a year of big changes and of deep emotions. As I look back over 1997, I think there's a new mood emerging of a wistful longing for a better world.
06 January 1998
Samuel Beckett's mysterious play Waiting for Godot was running again recently at the Old Vic. It is not a play greatly renowned for its action; just two tramps sitting on a bench waiting. Waiting for what? It transpires that the waiting has something to do with God. It also transpires that both men are troubled by universal questions like the meaning of life and death.
05 January 1998
Episcopal appointments from around the Communion.
23 December 1997
There follows below the text of the Archbishop of Canterbury's response to Bishop John Spong of Newark's letter to the Primate of the Anglican Communion.
25 November 1997
Episcopal appointments from around the Communion.
25 November 1997
One of my all time favourite Christmas stories is Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol. You will know it so well that it is hardly necessary to repeat the story. It is a real heart-tugger as the selfish old skinflint, Scrooge, is shown the truth about how so much of humanity lives with suffering and discovers the joy of sharing his wealth. It would be a mistake, however, to see it only as Scrooge learning to give. The story is also about him learning to receive.
10 November 1997
Episcopal appointments from around the Communion.
31 October 1997