Anglican Consultative Council to consider Covenant
Two related items today from ENS on the Anglican Covenant drafting committee and the next meeting of the Anglican Consultative Council.
On the coming meeting of the ACC:
The Anglican Communion's most representative legislative body -- the Anglican Consultative Council -- will consider two documents at its upcoming meeting that "are key to discerning a way forward for the Anglican Communion in light of recent stresses caused by differences over matters of human sexuality," according to an April 3 news release from the Anglican Communion Office.The two documents to be discussed by the ACC when it convenes May 1-13 in Kingston, Jamaica, are the proposed Anglican covenant and the Windsor Continuation Group's final report that was made public during the early February meeting of the leaders, known as primates, of the communion's provinces.
The latest draft of an Anglican covenant is expected to be released next week ahead of the ACC meeting. The Rev. Dr. Ephraim Radner, one of two Episcopal Church members on the Covenant Design Group, told ENS April 3 [this is the 2nd ENS item at the top], at the conclusion of the design group's latest meeting, that it is "warmly commending this draft" to the ACC, which is the only communion body with the authority to ask the Anglican provinces to sign onto the covenant.
The Windsor Continuation Group has been charged with addressing questions arising from the 2004 Windsor Report, a document that recommended ways in which the Anglican Communion can maintain unity amid diversity of opinions, especially relating to human sexuality issues and theological interpretations. Its report calls for the development of a "pastoral council" and supported Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams' plan to appoint "pastoral visitors" to assist in healing and reconciliation within the communion. The ACC meets every 2 to 3 years. This will be the 14th meeting since the inaugural meeting in 1971. More information -- the program, document, etc. -- on ACC-14 can be found here.
I wonder if anyone involved with the proposed covenant understands how politically dopey it is to have Ephraim Radner urging it upon the Episcopal Church. He is a former member of the IRD's board of directors, who campaigned to have the provisions of the Primates' Dar es Salaam communique imposed unilaterally upon us. If they want to sell it, they need another salesman.
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April 3, 2009 8:54 PM
I´m disgusted.
I´ve just read various reports on the Anglican Consultative Councils Meeting, in Jamaica, early May. I´ve just read: ¨The Anglican Communion's most representative legislative body-- will consider two documents at its upcoming meeting that "are key to discerning a way forward for the Anglican Communion in light of recent stresses caused by differences over matters of human sexuality,"
The Anglican Communion Office.
Oh dear. Oh me, oh my. A Jackpot of a location has been ¨hit upon¨ accidentally for discerning hate against Anglicans and other human beings.
Kingston, Jamaica is the perfect place to discuss ¨differences over matters of human sexuality¨ as Jamaica has, and remains to have, amongst the most active population of perpetrators of Crimes of HATE against LGBT people in the Western Hemisphere.
May I report to you some information about ¨recent stresses¨ to Anglicans/other LGBT human beings that you may be unaware of?
¨Two weeks ago, the U.S. State Department issued its annual Human Rights Report for 2008. Jamaica, a favorite holiday destination for millions of Americans, was singled out for extensive official and unofficial abuse of LGBT citizens of that country.¨
Yes, indeed, the Archbishop of Canterbury and every single member of the Anglican Consultative Council (one wonders if anti-lgbt preacher +Henri Orombi/Uganda representing Africa on the ´Steering Committee´ will be at Kingston) will be able to discuss the ¨stresses¨ and bloody, and deadly, outcomes of persecuting Lesbian, Gay, Bi-Sexual, Transgender Christians. Hate Crimes generated in Jamaica and Uganda and Nigeria and beyond.
Gay people are slaughtered in Jamaica.
Will HOST COUNTRY Jamaica be singled out as a perfect example of ¨abusive¨ behavior directed toward LGBT Christians/others? Would that be too ¨stressful¨ for the ACC to discuss?
Jamaicans are especially well experienced at demonizing Gay people, it´s a good place to get many ¨hands on¨ interviews.
Does the Anglican Consultative Council, the Steering Committee, the full membership realize they can´t avoid the reality of the abusing, murdering and abominating of millions of members of The Anglican Communion? Will the ACC discuss the persecution of OUR brothers and sisters at The Body of Christ?
When will the ABC and the ACC speak/meet regarding the REAL LIFE AND DEATH issues for REAL LIVE ABUSED members of THE ANGLICAN COMMUNION?
We await signs of life.
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April 3, 2009 10:21 PM
The ABC and the Anglican Consultative show they have no moral authority by meeting in Jamaica. They should be boycotting Jamaica. This is another example of where some people argue the church's moral standards are far lower than that of the secularists.
Gary Paul Gilbert
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April 4, 2009 2:37 AM
What a thoughtless or ignorant choice of venue for the ACC meeting: what Leonardo said above and Gary added. As a GLBT person, I would not feel safe changing planes in Jamaica much less spending any time there. How dreadful!
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April 5, 2009 9:56 PM