ENS: NIGERIA: Bishops urge postponing Lambeth Conference, call for special Primates' Meeting
By Matthew Davies,
September 14, 2007

[Episcopal News Service] In a September 13 open letter to Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, the Anglican Church of Nigeria's House of Bishops has urged postponement of the 2008 Lambeth Conference of Bishops, and called for a special session of the Primates' Meeting "as a matter of utmost urgency."

The bishops also expressed support for the proposed Anglican covenant, calling it "one way for us to uphold our common heritage of faith while at the same time holding each other accountable to those teachings that have defined our life together and also guide us into the future."

Postponing current plans for the Lambeth Conference, the bishops said, would "allow the current tensions to subside and leave room for the hard work of reconciliation that is a prerequisite for the fellowship we all desire." It would also be important for those invited to the Lambeth Conference to have already endorsed the Anglican covenant, they said, so that they "are able to come together as witnesses to our common faith." the rest