
An independent review of the Lambeth Conference’s fiscal activities suggests that future conferences should engage better fundraising practices and tighter risk management measures to avoid the half-million-dollar deficit experienced by the 2008 gathering.
Category: News Update, Lambeth 2008, Anglican Communion, World
The Canadian house of bishops on Oct. 31 said a “large majority” of its members could affirm “a continued commitment to the greatest extent possible” to a moratorium on the blessing of same-sex unions but also recognized that this would pose difficulty for some dioceses “that in conscience have made decisions on these matters.”
Category: News Update, Sexuality debate, Primates, Anglican Communion, Lambeth 2008
The Church of England has given the Lambeth Conference an emergency loan of $1.1 million Cdn. to cover part of the estimated $2 million shortfall for its most recent conference.The Lambeth Conference Company, a corporation set up...
Category: October 2008, Lambeth 2008

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, has acknowledged that, while “a strong majority” of bishops present at the Lambeth Conference agreed on the need for moratoria on same-sex blessings and on cross-border interventions, they were aware of the “conscientious difficulties this posed for some.”
Category: October 2008, Lambeth 2008, Sexuality debate
The Canadian house of bishops will discuss this month how best to respond to renewed proposals for moratoria on the blessing of same-sex unions, the ordination of persons living in same-sex unions to the episcopate, and cross-border interventions.
Category: October 2008, Sexuality debate, House of Bishops, Lambeth 2008

The Canadian house of bishops will discuss next month how best to respond to renewed proposals for a moratoria on the blessing of same-sex unions, the ordination of openly gay persons to the episcopate, and cross-border interventions.
Category: News Update, Sexuality debate, World, Lambeth 2008

When bishops’ spouses ended their conference, each was given tangible reminders of time spent in the company of others who, like most of them, perform huge – sometimes even heroic – tasks on behalf of the church that are largely unpaid and unrecognized.
Category: September 2008, Lambeth 2008

Elaborate hats, gele (African headgear) and headdresses provided a panoply of colours to an otherwise purple gathering.
Category: September 2008, Lambeth 2008
WHEN A FAMILY is in conflict, avoidance isn’t a good idea, though it may be wise first to improve communication, find better settings to meet, and share confidence-building projects. If the Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams...
Category: September 2008, Lambeth 2008, Sexuality debate
A FRIEND WHO is deeply read in Anglican history and theology predicted that Lambeth 2008 would give a negative response to gay and lesbian people on the matter of their full inclusion in the life and orders of the church and that...
Category: September 2008, Lambeth 2008, Sexuality debate