The LambethDaily ISSUE No.15 FRIDAY AUGUST 7 1998 OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE 1998 LAMBETH CONFERENCE

TODAY’S KEY EVENTS ‘The Cross’ 7.15am Eucharist On a wing and From torment to 9.30 - 11.00am Morning Prayer and Bible Studies a poster view 11.30 - 2.30pm Spouses’Worship, Farewells and lunch forgiveness 11.30 - 1.00pm Plenary Session a prayer Page 4 3.30 - 5.30pm Section Planaries 5.45pm Evening Prayer Page 3 Page 2

Bishops collaborate to strengthen Anglican unity Plenary targets women’s ministries by E.T.Malone, Jr. group that drafted the amendment, said: exposure and this limits exposure of peo- “At this Lambeth Conference I have ple to the ministry of women.” The reso- he Lambeth Conference yesterday been received with a gracious and gener- lution will be fodder for some traditional- Tapproved an amended resolution ous spirit...and as one of the first genera- ists to dig in their heels in opposition to stating that bishops should not be com- tion of women bishops I ask that we keep 1997 canonical changes within the Amer- pelled to ordain or license women. The this same spirit of graciousness and gen- ican Church, she observed. resolution also calls on provinces to pro- erosity as we continue the process of open Traditionalist Bishop Keith Ackerman vide for special episcopal ministry as a reception [of female clergy].” (Quincy,US) said he had no reaction and means of maintaining unity in the Angli- She said dissent can be creative for the just wanted to be “a loyal Anglican.” can Communion. mind of the Church. In other business, the bishops quickly Bishop Penny Jamieson (Dunedin, Suffragan Bishop Barbara Harris approved the resolution on international New Zealand) moved the amendment, (Massachusetts,US),the first woman con- debt and economic justice. hammered out in a series of meetings secrated bishop in the Anglican Commu- Sub-section chair Bishop Peter Selby between female and traditionalist bishops nion, voiced opposition to the third (Worcester, England) told them the goal and supported on the floor by a cross sec- had been to provide “the kind of resolu- tion of female, traditionalist and liberal tion that could be taken home by all male bishops. “Our small group began by members of this Conference” no matter “During our discussions there were being suspicious of each what country or what national political deep and real disagreements,” Bishop positions had been taken on debt. Jamieson said.“Our small group began by other, but...trust between us The resolution asks them to challenge being suspicious of each other,but as trust their dioceses to fund international devel- between us began to grow it became our began to grow” opment programmes,cooperate with peo- prayer that we could agree on an amend- ple of other faiths in advocacy programmes WATCH-WORD: Bishop Victoria Matthews (Edmonton, Canada) and Christina Rees (right) launch ment that we could offer...as a way of clause, saying:“While the language seems and to commit themselves to support a tea towel with message during Monday photo call for WATCH (Women and the Church). British- deepening our Communion in the heart gracious it contravenes the canons of the series of requests of both creditor and based group advocates to see more women in episcopacy. Photo: Anglican World/Jeff Sells of God while and because of our respect Episcopal Church in the US and the debtor nation governments, including for our differences.” Church in the provinces of Canada and establishment of a Mediation Council. Malibongwe Igama la Makhosikazi Malibongwe! She suggested voting on the four sec- New Zealand. Indeed, the canon con- Earlier in the plenary, the bishops first tions of the amendment separately, but cerning ordination of women was made considered resolutions of Section Three ‘Praise and honour to womanhood!’ the bishops chose not to do that. The mandatory last year at our General Con- (“Called to be a Church in a Plural third section contained language calling vention.” World”). After nearly a 20-minute aggie Nkwe of the Diocese of strike the woman, you strike the on the provinces to provide “appropriate Bishops affirmed the amendment by exchange focusing on whether it required MKlerksdorp reminds the Con- rock.”) “The day presents us with an episcopal ministry,” an apparent reference an 80 percent majority. adherence to literal interpretation of the ference community that Sunday, opportunity to give thanks to God to allowing episcopal ministry in addition Bishop Catherine Roskam (New Bible or not, Resolution One passed August 9, is National Women’s Day for the contribution of women in to, or as an alternative to that of, the York,US) said:“It doesn’t mean anything without amendment. in South Africa. It is a day to the struggle for freedom and diocesan bishop. in terms of our own polity. Sudsidiarity One of two resolutions moved to remember the witness of Lillian wholeness,” Mrs Nkwe notes. “Let That section also stated “that there is applies. Moreover, the other difficulty is debate status, Resolution One reaffirms Ngoyi and Helen Joseph who in us pray that God will strengthen the and should be no compulsion on any that there’s a kind of arrogance among the primary authority of the scriptures, 1956 led thousands of women to rainbow women of South Africa bishop in matters concerning ordination bishops here that forgets there’s the rest of urges biblical texts to be handled respect- march on Pretoria in opposition to who are agents of healing, reconcil- or licensing,”a concession to traditionalist the Church. And I doubt the House of fully,coherently and consistently in the best Pass Laws, singing, “Wathint’a bafazi iation and transformation in our bishops who maintain that they are con- Deputies in the American Church is traditions and scholarship. It also invites wathinti mbokodo uza kufa!” (“You fledgling democracy.” scientiously opposed to ordination or going to take that one sitting down.” provinces to promote biblical study at all deployment of women in their dioceses. Bishop Chilton Knudsen (Maine, US) levels and all ages across the Communion. Bishop Victoria Matthews (Edmon- said she felt the amendment was internally Nan Cobbey, Katie Sherrod and Sarah Log-jam threatens as Lambeth nears end ton, Canada), a member of the small inconsistent, “because reception requires Moore contributed to this article. onference planners are schedul- today’s agenda. Cing an extra business session at Yesterday’s plenary accepted one 11.30am today in an attempt to avoid amendment to the draft resolution, Sparkling send-off a log-jam. The weight of unfinished originally proposed by Section One, resolutions and other business is con- and rejected another from Bishop tomorrow evening cerning the Resolutions Committee, Moses Tay (Singapore). ambeth 98 will close with a hiss and a bang according to its chair, Bishop Michael Faced with the prospect of a num- Ltomorrow evening. Nuttall (Natal, South Africa). ber of further detailed motions, the After the closing Eucharist in the plenary halls, a barbe- “In all likelihood we will have to Conference decided to send the text cue for all 2,000 Conference participants will get sizzling on have a further plenary session,” Bish- of the draft euthanasia motion back the lawns in front of the Spouses’ Home Tent. op Nuttall told bishops as yesterday to the Resolutions Committee for The 21-piece Beverly Big Band is set to provide music afternoon’s plenary ended. submission again today. for listening and dancing,and a fireworks display will light up “There is a whole further cluster The final two business plenaries of the Canterbury sky and cap off the Conference around of resolutions from the regional the Conference will consider a num- 11.30pm. groups and elsewhere that we still ber of outstanding resolutions from Fruit juice and water will be free throughout the need to deal with,” he said. Section Three. A report from the evening, while tickets for alcohol will be available from the In the original Conference Spouses’ Programme also will be pre- bars.Vegetarian food also will be served at the barbecue timetable, planners set aside space for sented. stations. a plenary from 3.30pm to 5.30pm Archbishop Glauco Soares de The fireworks display has been put together by Kim- this afternoon. Lima, of Brazil, will chair today’s ses- bolton,which also did the displays for VJ Day in London and A Conference resolution on sions Archbishop Patrice Njojo, of the UK ceremony marking the handover of Hong Kong. euthanasia will be a key item on Congo, is vice-chair. 2 The LambethDaily FRIDAY AUGUST 7 1998 Daily Voices The Rev Canon Susan Cole-King’s homily at yesterday’s Conference Eucharist on Transfiguration and Hiroshima Reconciliation My father’s witness

them was my father, the bishop. He says: “Transfiguration is indeed a cen- Everything was destroyed for was accused of being a spy and for tral theme of Christianity, the trans- him—his home, his wife and family, many days he was subjected to torture. forming of suffering and circum- his hospital, his cathedral, the honour Often he had to be carried back to stances, of men and women with the of his country, and thousands of his the crowded, dark and filthy cell, vision of Christ before them and the fellow men and women. Heroically,in almost unconscious from his wounds. Holy Spirit within them.” spite of his own wounds and radiation On one occasion, when seven men My father’s story is a transfiguration sickness, he worked to relieve the suf- were taking it in turns to flog him, story, for himself and for his captors. fering of others. they asked him why he didn’t curse After the war he returned to Singa- How he survived to write the them. He told them it was because he pore and had the great joy of con- book and tell the story is a miracle.As was a follower of Jesus who taught us firming one of his torturers. Nagai tells the story of Nagasaki, he is to love one another. This is how he described the also telling the story of his own trans- He asked himself then how he moment:“One of these men who was formation through suffering and loss. could possibly love these men with allowed to march up from the prison In his funeral address for the vic- their hard, cruel faces, who were obvi- to the cathedral, as a prisoner, to come tims of the bomb he said it was fitting ously enjoying the torture they were for baptism, was one of those who had that the Church in Nagasaki, which inflicting. As he prayed he had a pic- stood with a rope in his hand, threat- had kept the faith through 400 years of ture of them as they might have been ening and sadistic. I have seldom seen persecution, should bear the brunt of as little children, and it’s hard to hate so great a change in a man. He looked this bomb, that through this sacrifice little children. gentle and peaceful.His face was com- peace was given to the world. But then, more powerfully, his pletely changed by the power of He ends his book with a ringing prayer was answered by some words of Christ.” message: “Men and women of the a well-known communion hymn St Paul says in 2 Cor 3.18: “All of world, never again plan war! From this which came to his mind: “Look us, with unveiled faces, seeing the atomic waste the people of Nagasaki Father, look on his anointed face, and glory of the Lord, are being trans- prostrate themselves before God and only look on us as found in him.” formed into the same image from one pray: Grant that Nagasaki may be the In that moment he was given a degree of glory to another; for this last atomic wilderness in the history of vision of those men not as they were comes from the Lord the Spirit.” the world.” then, but as they were capable of Today we are also remembering It is significant that we remember becoming, transformed by the love of something else. It is Hiroshima Day, Hiroshima and Nagasaki on the Feast Christ. He said he saw them com- when terrible suffering was inflicted of the Transfiguration,which links the pletely changed, their cruelty becom- on the Japanese people of Hiroshima, glory of Christ with his suffering. ing kindness, their sadistic instincts and then of Nagasaki three days later, Transfiguration and disfiguration. It is changed to gentleness. Although he when 8,000 Christians were killed through Christ’s disfiguration on the felt it was too blasphemous to use instantly,and thousands later as a result cross that God’s glory is revealed. Christ’s words “Father, forgive them,” of radiation. Not only is suffering the means of he experienced the grace of forgive- reconciliation, but the transfiguring of ness at that moment. suffering itself is attested to in the Photo: Anglican World/Anne Wetzel After eight months he was released “Men and women Christian life and experience. My back to Changi—one of the few who father experienced this transforming The Lambeth Conference 1998 ast year I read the statement survived. For the rest of his life he of suffering through the power of L from the Nippon Sei Ko Kai emphasised in his speaking and preach- of the world, never others’ prayer. Meeting in residence at The University of Kent, Canterbury, England on their war responsibility. I felt ing the importance of forgiveness. When two of his companions in PRESIDENT humbled and moved by its hon- How he would have rejoiced to be again plan war!” the cell, who had shared so much The Most Revd and Rt Hon George Carey Archbishop of Canterbury esty and courage. Its acknowl- here today—as I am sure he is. This with him, died of their wounds and EPISCOPAL COORDINATOR OF edgement of the suffering inflict- year he would have been 100, and it is hunger, he said he felt a terrible COMMUNICATION ed by Japan during the war, and fitting to remember him now as this How necessary were those bombs? loneliness. But, conscious of the The Most Revd Robin Eames Archbishop of Armagh their moving apology, had obvi- month is the anniversary of his death. Why was a second bomb dropped on prayers of others, he said:“Here again and Primate of All Ireland ously come out of a process of Although he was able to forgive, Nagasaki even as the Supreme Council I was helped by God. There was a DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS Canon James Rosenthal painful self-examination and and I and my family want to affirm of War was meeting in Tokyo to decide tiny window at the back of the cell, Anglican Communion Office prayer. It is an example to us all. that unconditional forgiveness, true whether to surrender? Those bombs and through the bars I could see the DIRECTOR OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS The Revd Kris Lee, New York The particular reason why this reconciliation can only happen when ended the war, but at what cost! I do glorious red of the flame of the for- DIRECTOR OF NEWS TEAM statement from the Japanese Church there is an acknowledgement of not know the politics, or the argu- est tree; and something of God, James Thrall, North Carolina touched me so deeply was that my wrongs done, when the truth is faced, ments, only that something terrible was something of God’s indestructible DIRECTOR OF SECTION COMMUNICATORS Margaret Rodgers, Sydney father was one of the many Japanese and painful self-examination leads to inflicted on the people of Japan by my beauty was conveyed to my tortured DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY prisoners of war who suffered from confession and apology. country and its allies, which the world mind. Lynn Ross, Quebec the atrocities perpetuated by their cap- I and my brothers here with me must never forget. “A great peace descended. Gradu- The LambethDaily tors. His name was Leonard Wilson today want to say to our Japanese A few years ago I read a little book ally, the burden of this world was lift-

Tel 82 8091 Fax 82 8092 and he was Bishop of Singapore. brothers and sisters a heartfelt thank- called “The Bells of Nagasaki” by a ed and I was carried into the presence EDITOR On October 10,1943 (the double you for what you have done.The cycle Japanese doctor and physicist,who was of God, and received from him the Robert Williams, Los Angeles 10th as it became known), the Japan- of reconciliation is completed. also a Christian, Takashi Nagai. He strength and peace which were ASSOCIATE EDITOR Brian Thomas ese military police—the Gestapo or Today we celebrate the Feast of the witnessed the bombing of Nagasaki enough to live by day by day.” Christchurch, New Zealand Kempei-tai—raided Changi and Transfiguration. Michael Ramsey, a and describes in detail the terrible Many of you have experienced CREATIVE DIRECTOR Marla Murphy, Los Angeles arrested 57 of the prisoners. Among former Archbishop of Canterbury, devastation and horror as it unfolded. depths of suffering among your peo- ART DIRECTOR ple or in your own lives beyond what Andy Day, Canterbury most of us can imagine. You will SENIOR CORRESPONDENTS Question Carol Barnwell,Texas • Jane Gitau,Kenya Daily know,too, the darkness and the cloud STAFF WRITERS where God is awesomely present in David Duprey • Bob Libby What is your prediction for the next Lambeth Conference? the confusion and pain. CONFERENCE NEWS TEAM Brian Irvine Elizabeth Gordon Bishop Bernard Lisa Barrowclough • Nan Cobbey • E.T. Malone, Jr I would like to end with some Jan Nunley • Allan Reeder • Katie Sherrod of Oxford, England Clark of London Ntahoturi of words of Karl Barth: “Thus, our David Skidmore (Conference Secretariat) (Deputy Conference Matana, Burundi tribulation without ceasing to be SECTION COMMUNICATORS “After taking on initiatives Manager) “I hope that there will Nicola Currie • Randall Lee tribulation is transformed. We suffer Sarah Moore • Doug Tindal regarding technology, I see a “I guess the University will be more love, compas- as we suffered before, but our suffer- STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERS Conference in which thoughts have to have an enormous sion and fellowship in William Killough • Harriet Long and ideas can be easily and building programme if they a more comprehensive ing is no longer a passive perplexity Jeff Sells • Anne Wetzel but is transformed into a pain which CIRCULATION effectively communicated to are to house the next Con- way. I also hope, like Seminarians in residence those who need to know—perhaps even via vir- ference, knowing how fast the Communion is this Conference, there will be listening. In is creative, fruitful, full of power and PRINTED BY tual reality. Creativity can be realised and shown growing. As this Conference has been defined human interaction, listening should take promise. The road which is impass- Castle Printers London Limited (0171) 436 3383 to the people of the world or the person down by listening, I think the next Conference will first place.” able has been made known to us in Visit the conference on line at www.lambethconference.org the corridor.” be even more defined by love.” Interviews and photos by Harriet Long the crucified and risen Lord.” The LambethDaily FRIDAY AUGUST 7 1998 3 Daily Lives How Marion McCall gave the devil the slip says in mock seriousness at the sug- than the engine.” gestion that all this is to be achieved Mrs McCall also recounts the time simply and serenely. in 1994 when she and her husband On one such occasion, she contin- faced real danger.“We suddenly found On a wing and a prayer ues,“we had descended to just 20 feet ourselves in the middle of a severe off the ground when Des said, ‘Take storm and thick cloud. Cloud is par- by Roland Ashby thought I was going to kill myself each “My next landing was beautiful, for her home, the ground’s too wet. But I ticularly dangerous because you lose time I tried to land,”she recalls. which I said out loud, ‘Thank you, tell you what, you’ve upset that the horizon and become disoriented.” hat are you going to do “For the first time in my life I was Lord.’ I explained to my somewhat woman hanging out her washing.’” She attributes their survival to a “Wnow you’re in your late facing up to real fear—the kind bemused flight instructor, Des When the big day came to go solo, special course in flying in dangerous forties and your last