Lambeth Final Report Will Reflect ‘Indaba’ Process

July 9, 2008

Members of the Anglican Communion await with interest news of what will transpire at the Lambeth Conference of Anglican bishops, said the Rev. Canon Kenneth Kearon in an e-mail letter on behalf of the Lambeth Conference Design and Planning Groups to bishops registered to attend the event July 16-Aug. 3.

Previous reports indicated there would be no resolutions or final statements following the once-every-10-year gathering of bishops in communion with the Archbishop of Canterbury. In his instructions to conference planners, Canon Kearon said Archbishop Rowan Williams sought a conference free from “political posturing or parliamentary process." However, the secretary general of the Anglican Consultative Council said that a “reflections document, which will be a faithful account of the fruit of the 14th Lambeth Conference,” was the end result of the indaba process all along.

“An indaba first and foremost acknowledges that there are issues that need to be addressed effectively to foster ongoing communal living,” he wrote. “In our case, it is issues which affect the whole Communion as reflected in our daily themes. the rest

Letter and comments at Stand Firm