Episcopal conservatives may be invited to global Anglican meeting
Thursday, December 28, 2006
By: Associated Press

LONDON ---- Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams may invite representatives of the conservative wing of The U.S. Episcopal Church to meet with Anglican leaders ahead of a key February gathering on the future of their embattled global fellowship.

In a Dec. 18 letter to heads of the 38 Anglican provinces, Williams said deep divisions in the American church warrant the move. The text of the letter was posted on the blog titusonenine, run by Canon Kendall Harmon of the Diocese of South Carolina, and on the blog of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington.

The Episcopal Church is the U.S. wing of the 77 million-member global Anglican Communion, a loose-knit group of churches that trace their roots to the Church of England. the rest