By Revd Stephen Hale, Acting General Secretary, EFAC
A key report recommending a new way forward for the Anglican Communion was discussed at a meeting this week in Kuala Lumpur, of the ‘Inter-Anglican Standing Commission on Unity, Faith and Order (IASCUFO). Chaired by the Rt Revd Dr Graham Tomlin, it commends a number of amendments to the classic description of the Anglican Communion adopted by the Lambeth Conference including the deletion of ‘in communion with the See of Canterbury’ to be replaced by, inter alia, ‘historic connection with the See of Canterbury’ and changes to the existing ‘Instruments’, notably a rotating presidency of the ACC (Anglican Consultative Council).
We, at the Evangelical Fellowship in the Anglican Communion, of which CEEC is a national member, welcome the full acknowledgment by IASCUFO of the wounds of division in the Communion and the proposal that the Communion is no longer to be defined by relationship to Canterbury’ but there are ‘significant concerns remaining’, and unanswered questions.
You can read the full statement on the EFAC Global website here: EFAC Response to Nairobi Cairo Proposals
You may also be interested to read theologian Martin Davie’s detailed analysis of the report and its significance, published December 19th 2024, on his blog here: Martin Davie the Nairobi Cairo Proposals A Response
Read the Communique following the IASCUFO meeting here.
