Statements and Documents A compilation to be used for reference at the Fourth Anglican Global South to South Encounter 19th - 23rd April 2010 Singapore Table of Contents: Statements & Documents Page 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS: STATEMENTS & DOCUMENTS Chronology .............................................................................................................................................. 3 Global South 1. Partners’ Statement at the Mission Agencies’ Conference: Brisbane, Australia, 8th – 13th December 1986 ........................................................................................................................................................ 5 2. TRUMPET 1 from the First Anglican Encounter in the South: Limuru, Kenya, 5th February 1994 .......... 7 3. Second Trumpet from Second Anglican Encounter in the South, Kuala Lumpur, 10th – 15th February 1997 ...................................................................................................................... 13 4. A Report to the Eleventh Meeting of the Anglican Consultative Council on South to South Encounters, Edinburgh, 1999................................................................................................................ 18 5. Statement of the Primates of the Global South in the Anglican Communion, 2th November 2003 .... 19 6. The Third Anglican Global South to South Encounter, Red Sea (Egypt), 25th – 30th October 2005 ...... 21 7. Global South Primates’ Meeting Communiqué, Kigali, Rwanda, 19th – 22nd September 2006 ............. 29 8. Global South Primates Steering Committee Communiqué, London, 16th – 18th July 2007 ................. 33 9. Global South Primates Steering Committee Communiqué, London, 13th – 15th March, 2008 ............. 35 10. Preface to Anglican Catechism in Outline, 2008 ................................................................................... 38 11. Global South Primates Steering Committee: A Pastoral Exhortation to the Faithful in the Anglican Communion, 25th October 2009 ........................................................................................................... 45 12. Global South Primates Steering Committee Meeting’s Statement , Singapore, 10th December 2009 ............................................................................................................................. 47 Communion 13. Lambeth 1998 Resolution I.10 on Human Sexuality ........................................................................... 48 14. Primates Meeting Communiqué, Lambeth Palace, 16th October 2003 ................................................ 51 15. The Windsor Report 2004: An extract on the issue of the need for a Covenant .................................. 54 16. Primates’ Meeting Communiqué, Dromantine, Ireland, 25th February 2005 ...................................... 56 17. Primates’ Meeting Communiqué, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 19th February 2007 ................................. 61 18. The Windsor Continuation Group Report 2008 (An extract on the “ecclesial deficit”) ........................ 73 19. Primates Meeting Communiqué, Alexandria, Egypt, 5th February 2009 .............................................. 75 20. The Anglican Communion Covenant, 15th December 2009 .................................................................. 81 Associated 21. GAFCON Statement on the Global Anglican Future and the Jerusalem Declaration, 29th June 2008 ....................................................................................................................................... 92 22. Statement at the Lambeth Conference 2008: by some Primates from Global South Provinces .......... 97 Chronology Page 3 CHRONOLOGY Date Event 1948 The Eighth Lambeth Conference 1951 Foundation of the Province of West Africa 1955 Foundation of the Province of Central Africa 1958 The Ninth Lambeth Conference 1960 Foundation of the Province of East Africa 1961 Inauguration of the Province of Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and Boga-Zaire 1963 Anglican Congress, Toronto 1965 Episcopal Church of Brazil constituted as an autonomous Province 1968 The Tenth Lambeth Conference 1970 Inauguration of the Church of the Province of Burma The Province of East Africa divided into the Province of Kenya and the Province of Tanzania 1971 First Meeting of Anglican Consultative Council, Limuru 1973 Second Meeting of ACC, Dublin Inauguration of the Church of the Province of Indian Ocean 1974 Inauguration of the Province of Consejo Anglicano Sud Americano (later re-founded as Iglesia Anglicano del Cono Sur) 1975 Foundation of the autonomous Province of Melanesia 1976 Third Meeting of ACC, Trinidad Inauguration of the Province of Jerusalem and the Middle East Inauguration of the Episcopal Church of the Sudan 1977 Inauguration of the Province of Papau New Guinea 1978 The Eleventh Lambeth Conference 1979 Primates' Meeting, Ely Fourth Meeting of ACC, London, Ontario The Church of the Province of West Africa divided to form the Church of the Province of Nigeria and the Church of the Province of West Africa 1980 Separation of the Province of Burundi, Rwanda and Zaire from the Province of Uganda 1981 Fifth Meeting of ACC, Newcastle, England Primates' Meeting, Washington 1983 Primates' Meeting, Nairobi Re-founding of the Iglesia Anglicano del Cono Sur de America 1984 Sixth Meeting of ACC, Badagry, Nigeria 1986 Primates' Meeting, Toronto Mission Agencies' Conference, Brisbane 1987 Seventh Meeting of ACC, Singapore 1988 The Twelve Lambeth Conference Chronology Page 4 1989 Primates' Meeting, Cyprus 1990 Eighth Meeting of ACC, Wales Constitution of Philippine Episcopal Church as an autonomous Province 1991 Primates' Meeting in Ireland Inauguration of the Decade of Evangelism 1992 Inauguration of the Province of the Episcopal Church of Rwanda Inauguration of the Province de L'Eglise Anglicane Du Congo Inauguration of the Anglican Province of Burundi 1993 Inauguration of the Province of the Anglican Church of Korea Ninth Meeting of ACC, Cape Town 1994 First Anglican Encounter in the South, Limuru, Kenya 1995 Inauguration of La Iglesia Anglicana de Mexico 1996 Inauguration of the Province of the Anglican Church in South East Asia Tenth Meeting of ACC, Panama 1997 Second Anglican Encunter in the South, Kuala Lumpur, West Malaysia 1998 The Thirteenth Lambeth Conference Inauguration of the Province of Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui 1999 Inauguration of the Iglesia Anglicana de la Region Central de America Eleventh Meeting of ACC, Dundee, Scotland 2002 Twelve Meeting of ACC, Hong Kong The Diocese of New Westminster authorised public rites for the blessing of same-sex unions 2003 Primates' Extraordinary Meeting, Lambeth Palace Consecration of Gene Robinson as bishop 2004 The Windsor Report released 2005 Thirteenth Meeting of ACC, Nottingham, UK. 2005 Primates' Meeting, Dromantine The Third Anglican Global South to South Encounter, Red Sea, Egypt 2006 Global South Primates’ Meeting, Kigali, Rwanda Launch of the Global South Theological Formation and Education, and Economic Empowerment tracks Anglican Covenant Design Group appointed 2007 Primates' Meeting, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania 2008 Windsor Continuation Group appointed Anglican Catechism in Outline released GAFCON The Fourteenth Lambeth Conference 2009 Primates' Meeting, Alexandria, Egypt Fourteenth Meeting of ACC, Kingston, Jamaica Final Text of the Anglican Covenant of the Anglican Communion released 2010 The Fourth Anglican Global South to South Encounter, Singapore Partners’ Statement at the Mission Agencies’ Conference: Brisbane, Australia, 8th – 13th December 1986 Page 5 1. PARTNERS’ STATEMENT AT THE MISSION AGENCIES’ CONFERENCE: BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA, 8TH – 13TH DECEMBER 1986 The Conference could be regarded in some ways as the Mission Agencies’ PIM Consultation, and therefore the representatives of the Partner Churches decided to make their own Statement to the Conference: (a) We believe this first Mission Agencies’ Conference has been a rich experience for all of us. We have grown in mutual knowledge and sharing. We appreciate the invitation to participate. We wish to express our thanks to the Chairman of the Conference for his sensitivity to us all, and to the Primate of Australia and the Australian Church for their warm welcome and hospitality. (b) We have tried our best to participate by speaking and listening; but English is not our first language and our participation was at times limited by this fact. There is need for our partners to bear this in mind and avoid using unnecessary colloquial language. (c) We were greatly encouraged by the spirit of understanding, the willingness of the Mission Agencies to listen to us and to one another, and their readiness to respond to the changing demands of the mission of the Church. (d) We have always been unhappy with the unconscious ‘first world’ tendency to tell us what is the best for us without ‘taking us seriously. In the language of Dermot Dorgan’s paper we also are ‘donors We are willing to accept invitations to offer what we can. II Corinthians 8:4-15 is the church model for our Communion. In this model all we have is to be shared; everyone gives, and everybody receives, because we are one! (e) We commend the views expressed in the papers presented on the PIM process, which very much reflected the concerns of all of us. (f) As representatives of “third world” Provinces we realise that we do not know each other sufficiently. We need channels to enable us to build up mutual understanding and knowledge. We need to share experiences in order to get