AAC Responds to Global South Communique
The American Anglican Council has commended the Global South Primates for their "bold" communiqué which has criticised the 75th General Convention for its inadequate response to the Windsor Report.
by Maria Mackay
Posted: Sunday, September 24, 2006

The American Anglican Council (AAC) has welcomed the Kigali communiqué issued by the Global South Primates earlier this week which criticised the 75th General Convention’s response to the Windsor Report.

The communiqué issued at their meeting from 19 to 22 September in Kigali, Rwanda, announced that “some of us will not be able to recognise” the Episcopal Church's next Presiding Bishop “as a Primate at the table with us” at the next Anglican Primates' Meeting, set for February 2007 in Tanzania.

In particular it was expressed that the Convention has “no clear embrace of the minimal recommendations of the Windsor Report”.

Noting the “slow response from the Panel of Reference” for congregations and dioceses requesting alternative oversight, Global South Primates agreed to a three-pronged action plan to support “biblically faithful” Anglican dioceses and congregations in North America, which they commended for their “courage and consistent witness”. the rest