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Statement from Anglican Provincial Secretaries' Conference

Statement from Anglican Provincial Secretaries' Conference

The Provincial Secretaries of the Anglican Communion met in Johannesburg from 26 August to 2 September 2004. This was the fifth conference in a series started in the 1980s and the first to be held in Africa. 

02 September 2004

Churches worldwide to pray for peace

Churches worldwide to pray for peace

Churches representing over 550 million Christians worldwide have been invited for the first time to mark 21 September as an International Day of Prayer for Peace.

01 September 2004

Anglicans and Muslims to meet for dialogue in Cairo

Anglicans and Muslims to meet for dialogue in Cairo

The third meeting of the al-Azhar al-Sharif - Anglican Communion Dialogue is to take place in Cairo, Egypt 8-9 September 2004. 

27 August 2004

Statement from the Secretary General of the Anglican Communion on the attack upon Churches in Iraq

Statement from the Secretary General of the Anglican Communion on the attack upon Churches in Iraq

Iraq's Christian community - one of the oldest in the world - was attacked last Sunday 1 August at five churches. The Secretary General of the Anglican Communion adds his voice to those that have condemned the atrocity.

03 August 2004

Theology? What can that do for me?

Theology? What can that do for me?

In the face of world poverty, terrorism, disease, warfare and so much else to attract attention and concern, why should theological education be a priority? 

30 July 2004

Archbishop praises call for forgiveness

Archbishop praises call for forgiveness

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, has described as 'an act of great courage' a plea for forgiveness made by a leading politician in the Solomon Islands, in the wake of serious ethnic violence.

23 July 2004

Archbishop urges Church to do more for the young

The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Revd Rowan Williams, who is on an eight-day visit to the Church of the Province of Melanesia, has told a gathering of more than a thousand young people that the Anglican Church has to do more to relate to them and their concerns.

21 July 2004

Archbishop announces new Anglican Communion Secretary General

Archbishop announces new Anglican Communion Secretary General

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, in his capacity as President of the Anglican Consultative Council has announced the appointment of the Revd Canon Kenneth Kearon, Director of the Irish School of Ecumenics, Trinity College Dublin, as the next Secretary General of the Anglican Communion to succeed Canon John L. Peterson who steps down in December 2004.

20 July 2004

Archbishop launches Michael Ramsey Prize for theological writing

Archbishop launches Michael Ramsey Prize for theological writing

The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Revd Dr Rowan Williams, has launched a bid to identify and encourage the most promising theological writers of the current age

16 July 2004

Interview with Most Revd Robin Eames on the work of the Lambeth Commission

Interview with Most Revd Robin Eames on the work of the Lambeth Commission

In recent weeks, ACNS has received a large number of queries about the progress of the Lambeth Commission on Communion (LCC). ACNS managed to catch up with the Chair of the Commission, the Most Revd Robin Eames, as he passed through St Andrew's House this week

07 July 2004