Ruth Gledhill weblog: JSC report to Rowan: TEC gone far enough; serious problems remain
October 03, 2007

The report of the standing committee of the Primates and the Anglican Communion to Rowan Williams is now available. It is affirming of the TEC bishops, but frank about the serious difficulties still to be resolved - the litigation against orthodox parishes, the interventions inside the US from other provinces. Whether the solutions the JSC proposes will be workable remains to be seen. In my view this is a stunningly brave report, and a tribute once again to the almost desperate determination to resolve the issues facing the Anglican Communion without giving rise to schism. Just how serious things remain is evinced by just one small example - the US parish that was home to Methodism's John Wesley is the latest to leave, to Uganda. How symbolic is that? But maybe John Sentamu can bring some resolution. He is in Mauritius, for one night only, talking to CAPA.

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