Global South Anglican

Media representatives are welcome to apply for press credentials for the coming GSE4 Conference. Please use this link for the application details.

Plans are underway for the coming 4th Global South to South Encounter hosted at Singapore. Previous info has been released here.

The Conference will be held at St Andrew's Cathedral. It starts with an Opening Eucharist Service on 19th April (Mon) at 4.00 pm and ends on 23rd April (Fri) after lunch.

Accomodation at nearby hotels and transport pick-up will be arranged for all invited participants. Please contact admin@globalsouthanglican.org if you have any enquiries.

19th - 23rd April 2010, Singapore

Theme: "The Gospel of Jesus Christ -- Covenant for the People; Light for the Nations.”

The Global South Anglican Primates Steering Committee met in Singapore on 1^st to 2nd Dec 2009 to discuss and confirm planning details on the coming Encounter.

This 4^th Encounter will build on the ecclesiological vision of the 'One Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church of Jesus Christ' we shared at the 3^rd “Red Sea” Encounter at El-ein-Suknah, Egypt in 2005. The coming 4th Encounter aims to further develop this in our common life and witness in and for the Gospel. We will explore how we may relate to one another in covenantal and communion autonomy with accountability in matters of faith and order; partnerships and networks in existing and new mission fields; and mutual capacity building for increased self-reliance for greater service.

We aim to affirm the Anglican Covenant as the basis in intensifying the ecclesial life between churches in the Communion, and explore ways churches should stand firm side by side in one spirit and with one mind for the faith of the Gospel of Lord Jesus Christ. The Steering Committeee emphasised that provincial and invited participants should be unequivocally committed to uphold the spirit and intent of the 1998 Lambeth Resolution 1.10 and the proposed Anglican Covenant (full Ridley Draft).

Participation will be on provincial basis. Provinces and Primates have earlier been informed of the 4^th Encounter will now be sent more detailed information on the nature of their provincial participation. Associate participants from non-Global South Anglican provinces/dioceses will be on an invitational basis.  In addition, key ecumenical partners will also be invited as observers. As in previous conferences, the 4^th Encounter seeks to be a self-financed gathering.

More information will be release later. Please direct inquiries to email: admin@globalsouthanglican.org

The Church of Uganda associates itself with the concerns expressed in the Anti Homosexuality Bill 2009. However, instead of a completely new Bill, the Church recommends a Bill that amends the Penal Code Act (Cap.120) addressing loopholes, in particular:

• protecting the vulnerabilities of the boy child;1

• proportionality in sentencing;

• and, ensuring that sexual orientation is excluded as a protected human right.

Further, we recommend involvement of all stakeholders in the preparation of such a Bill in order to uphold Uganda’s values as they relate to human sexuality.

The full pdf document can be downloaded here

...I have come to the sad realization that there is no desire within the ACC and the SCAC to follow through on the recommendations that have been taken by the other Instruments of Communion to sort out the problems which face the Anglican Communion and which are tearing its fabric apart. Moreover, the SCAC, formerly known as the join Standing Committee (JSC), has continually questioned the authority of the other Instruments of Communion, especially the Primates Meeting and the Lambeth Conference.

Read the rest here

A message from the Archbishop of Canterbury on the Anglican Communion Covenant

Final Covenant text can be seen here. Other related documents can be downloaded here

Latest Statement from the Joint Standing Comittee

We are, however, grieved that the current crisis within our beloved Anglican Communion has made necessary such an unprecedented offer. It represents a grave indictment of the Instruments of Communion whose very purpose is to strengthen and protect our unity in obedience to our Lord’s clear command. Their failure to fully address the abandonment of biblical faith and practice by The Episcopal Church and the Anglican Church of Canada has now brought shame to the name of Christ and seriously impedes the cause of the Gospel....

The current context of Vatican departments is illuminating. It is right to question both the wisdom of bypassing the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, and its President, Cardinal Walter Kasper, who was not even present at the press conference in Rome, and the depth of knowledge of Anglican tradition in the Congregation for the Doctrine of Faith, led by Cardinal William Levada...

More here at Fulcrum

Our deepest conviction as the Church of Uganda is that, in Christ, people and their sexual desires are redeemed, and restored to God’s original intent...