Six hundred bishops sign up for Lambeth despite threats of schism
Ruth Gledhill Religion Correspondent of The Times
January 21, 2008

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More than 600 bishops from around the world have registered for the 2008 Lambeth Conference, the ten-yearly gathering of Anglican bishops from around the world.
The number represents 70 per cent of the total. More have also pledged to attend.

But about a quarter have still not said whether they will turn up or not, giving rise to fears of a boycott. Some of these are expected to attend instead a “rival” conference, organised by conservatives a few weeks before in Israel. the rest