Communion Partners Statement

September 7, 2009

A Report of the meeting of the Bishops of Albany, Dallas, North Dakota, Northern Indiana, South Carolina, West Texas and Western Louisiana with the Archbishop of Canterbury on September 1, 2009:

As seven representatives of the Communion Partner bishops, we are grateful to have met with the Archbishop of Canterbury to discuss our concern in light of the recent actions of General Convention and the subsequent episcopal nominations of candidates “whose manner of life presents a challenge to the wider church and will lead to further strains on communion” (General Convention 2006, Resolution B033).

At this meeting we expressed our appreciation for his post-Convention reflections, “Communion, Covenant, and Our Anglican Future,” and were especially interested in his statement about whether “elements” in provinces not favorably disposed to adopt the Anglican Communion Covenant “will be free … to adopt the Covenant as a sign of their wish to act in a certain level of mutuality with parts of the Communion.” the rest