Lambeth to launch on Monday

The Lambeth Conference is underway with the first event to be held next week. The media received the following invitation for January 21.

Official Launch of the 2008 Lambeth Conference and Spouses’ Conference with the Archbishop of Canterbury and Mrs Jane Williams Briefing panel includes the Archbishop of Melanesia, the Archbishop of the Indian Ocean and Mrs Margaret Sentamu, Spouses Programme to be followed by a photo call with Bishops from around the Anglican Communion

Monday, 21 January, 2008 at 2.30 p.m.
Refreshments will be served

The Atrium
Lambeth Palace
London SE1 7JU ....

The Lambeth Conference is a gathering of bishops of the Anglican Communion is held every ten years at the invitation of the Archbishop of Canterbury.

The nugget of news tucked in this announcement is that the Most Rev. Ian Ernest, Primate of the Indian Ocean, will be on hand. Ernest recently succeeded Archbishop Peter Akinola as the chairman of the Council of Anglican Provinces in Africa (CAPA.) It would appear that the efforts of Akinola and his American allies to organize an all-African boycott of the conference have failed.

More on the Lambeth Conference here. Here's the latest Lambeth Conference blog post.

Posted by Ann Fontaine on January 15, 2008 9:30 AM | |
Comments (2)

This conference is still six months away. Might want to get the champagne back in the bottle.

-Mary Ailes

Posted by BabyBlue [TypeKey Profile Page] | January 15, 2008 12:47 PM

http://www.livingchurch.org/news/news-updates/2008/1/15/archbishop-to-announce-lambeth-plans

As TLC points out "Archbishop Williams revealed that more than two-thirds of the approximately 900 bishops invited had already indicated their intention to attend."

Posted by John B. Chilton [TypeKey Profile Page] | January 16, 2008 7:30 AM

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