Statement of Bishop Robert Duncan on the Alexandria Primates Meeting

February 6, 2009
Statement of Bishop Robert Duncan
Moderator of the Common Cause Partnership
Bishop of Pittsburgh

We are thankful for the time spent by the Primates of the Anglican Communion in wrestling with tragedies confronting all God’s children, among them the situations in Zimbabwe, Sudan, Gaza, and in the global economic crisis. The suffering in these situations is tremendous and commands the prayerful attention of every Christian.

In North America, though the immediate temporal circumstances are in no way as severe as those in other regions, the spiritual consequences of innovations in Faith and Order are staggering. We are thankful for the many Primates (and Provinces) who continue to stand with those of us in North America who are attempting to remain faithful amidst vast pressures to acquiesce to beliefs and practices far outside of the Christian and Anglican mainstream. We appreciate what was clearly an extensive discussion of the North American situation within the whole of the Primates Meeting. We are also grateful for the public recognition by the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Windsor continuation group of the desire of the “coalition” (the Common Cause Partnership) constituting the new Anglican Church of North America “to be Anglican and to be in relationship with the Anglican Communion.” the rest