The Lambeth Conference has finished up, but now bishops and others are processing things plus lots of other interesting items this week from around the church and the wider world of faith
Monday Marshall, The Anglican Communion’s Director for Gender Justice joins the Women Bishops after their group photograph during the 2022 Lambeth Conference at the University of Kent in Canterbury, United Kingdom. Photo: Neil Turner for The Lambeth Conference. Friday 29th July 2022” data-medium-file=”https://i0.wp.com/episcopaljournal.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/NT306085.jpg?fit=300%2C121&ssl=1″ data-large-file=”https://i0.wp.com/episcopaljournal.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/NT306085.jpg?fit=600%2C242&ssl=1″/>Lambeth (of course), ERD on the spot, Haiti and more. It’s our weekend roundup of news and opinions from across the church.
The vibe coming from the Lambeth Conference is a definite sense that, for the most part, we are moving towards an acceptance of difference, and that whatever it is that holds the communion together is stronger than the current issues pulling it apart.
Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury, conducts the Bible Exposition on Resistance and Resilience in Venue 1 at The University of Kent during the 2022 Lambeth Conference in the United Kingdom. Photo: Neil Turner for The Lambeth Conference. Tuesday 2nd August 2022” data-medium-file=”https://i0.wp.com/episcopaljournal.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/NT321639.jpg?fit=300%2C200&ssl=1″ data-large-file=”https://i0.wp.com/episcopaljournal.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/NT321639.jpg?fit=600%2C400&ssl=1″/>In an address Tuesday, Justin Welby acknowledged that these efforts are contrary to the structure and spirit of the Anglican Communion,
The tree planting ceremony during the Environmental and Sustainable Development day at Lambeth Palace during the 2022 Lambeth Conference in the United Kingdom. Photo: Andrew Baker for The Lambeth Conference. Wednesday 3rd August 2022” data-medium-file=”https://i0.wp.com/episcopaljournal.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/AB207535.jpg?fit=300%2C200&ssl=1″ data-large-file=”https://i0.wp.com/episcopaljournal.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/AB207535.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&ssl=1″/>The Queen sent a message to the bishop’s gathering yesterday to mark the launch of the Anglican Communion Forest Initiative to address climate change
It’s been a hot summer across the northern hemisphere and it looks like that continues, literally and metaphorically, at the Lambeth Conference, where bishops from across the Communion are gathering in southern England.
Episcopalians from across the church are invited to apply for appointment to the various interim bodies created by General Convention. These committees, commissions, and task forces carry out the work of The Episcopal Church between conventions.
Bishops in Canterbury Cathedral during the 2008 Lambeth ConferenceThe Lambeth Conference gets underway today, with bishops from Provinces affirming full LGBT+ inclusion feeling like as if the rug has been pulled from under them and conference organizers scrambling to respond.
It’s been a relatively quiet summer week, with General convention done and Lambeth yet to be, but the work and news of the church goes on.
Photo by Scott Gunn from Twitter” data-medium-file=”https://i0.wp.com/episcopaljournal.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/image_2022-07-22_203107789.png?fit=275%2C300&ssl=1″ data-large-file=”https://i0.wp.com/episcopaljournal.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/image_2022-07-22_203107789.png?fit=640%2C699&ssl=1″/>Scott Gunn, Director of Forward Movement and one of the geniuses behind Lent Madness has had serious medical incident Singapore
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