Anglican Communion Network Announces Annual Council Meeting, July 31-Aug. 2 , 2006

Pittsburgh, PA Over 80 representatives from the dioceses and convocations of the Anglican Communion Network will gather at Trinity Cathedral in downtown Pittsburgh from 1:00 p.m. July 31 through 1:00 p.m. on August 2 for the Network's Annual Council Meeting. This will be the third meeting of its kind since the birth of the Network in January 2004. Delegations are composed of two clergy and two lay representativesas well as the diocesan bishop or convocational dean from each of the Network's ten dioceses and six convocations. Other invited guests will include representatives from the Network's missionary organizations, nine Common Cause Roundtable partners, the ACN Steering Committee and the Moderator's Cabinet.

Plenary sessions and working groups will address the current state and future direction of the Anglican Communion Network as well as specific topics such as returning to the biblical view of marriage, divorce, and singleness, and renewing our emphasis on holiness in personal and congregational life. The council will also be considering the tenets of the Theological and Mission Statements under consideration by the members of the Common Cause Roundtable, who will meet together in Pittsburgh August 16-18.

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