… but Williams kept his flock together

RIAZAT BUTT
Aug 12 2008

The Lambeth conference, one of the most important symbols of Anglican unity, takes place every 10 years in Canterbury. But the 2008 summit, which finished two weeks ago, was held amid an atmosphere of boycotts and recrimination over the 230 bishops who stayed away ­- and the one who was never invited.

It was seen as a crucial test of Rowan Williams’s leadership and an indication of whether the worldwide Anglican family could stay together in spite of irreconcilable differences between conservatives and liberals over specific issues. So after hours of Bible study, daily indabas and a deficit of nearly £2-million, what is the outcome? the rest