Lambeth Daily

‘We are witnesses,’ says Peter in our reading from Acts, ‘of what Jesus did in Judea, Jerusalem and Galilee’ (10.39). We have a story to tell.  But to be ‘witnesses’ can, at first, sound almost as if it’s not strong enough or particular enough. Witnesses get called in law suits;  they’re bystanders very often, who can tell you what happened.  It could be almost anybody.  But the apostolic witness is something different.

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Audio from Press Conference, Sunday August 3rd, chaired by Phillip Aspinall, Archbishop of Brisbane, with the Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams.

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The Reflections Group has  been privileged to serve the Lambeth Conference in their capacity as Listeners  in and for their indaba. Face to face conversations, often exchanging  conflicting and challenging points of view, have led to deeper understanding and  new insights. The task of the Listener  has been to capture the spirit of these encounters.

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Whenever attendees of the 2008 Lambeth Conference hear the word “steward” they’ll probably conjure up an image of a green-ribboned, neon orange-clad young person trying valiantly to direct wandering bishops to the correct location or seat. In Saturday evening’s crowded plenary, steward Sarah Kerr reminded bishops and other leaders that they, too are stewards

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The iconic image of a floodlit Canterbury Cathedral would be a thing of the past if the Revd Ian James had his way.

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As bishops spent a second day discussing Covenant proposals, Paul Kwong, Primate of Hong Kong; Phillip Aspinall, Bishop of Brisbane and Primate of Australia; and Charles Jenkins, Bishop of Louisiana, reflected on the strengths and weaknesses of the Conference and of the Covenant process so far.

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Audio from Press Conference, Friday August 2nd, chaired by Phillip Aspinall, Archbishop of Brisbane, with The Most Revd Paul Kwong, The Rt Revd Charles Edward Jenkins and Mrs Margaret Sentamu.

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Lives in war torn parts of Africa are being transformed thanks to the hard work of the Anglican Church, the Spouses Conference heard yesterday.

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“I believe firmly that the Anglican Communion is going to continue by God’s grace and divine providence, but we do have problems,” observed Archbishop Drexel Gomez, Primate of the West Indies and chair of the Covenant Design Group.

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Audio from Press Conference, Friday August 1st, chaired by Phillip Aspinall, Archbishop of Brisbane, with The Most Revd Drexel Wellington Gomez, The Rt Revd Trevor Mwamba and Mrs Alice Chung Po Chuen .

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The Lambeth Conference isn’t just a story of Bishops and the ‘great and good’. One of the largest groups of people around on the campus is the 300 volunteers from Canterbury Diocese – they are the ones with the yellow lanyards and/or sashes.

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God did not forget Africa in the creation process, Dr Maria Akrofi told a meeting of African spouses today.

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The Revd Jackie Cray, the newly ordained wife of the Bishop of Maidstone, Kent, England, introduced the spouses to the session by reflecting upon the journey that they had travelled together which had led them to this point in the programme. 

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Our meditation this morning is the first in the month of August, for our Lambeth gathering being the first one in the first decade of the new millennium. As we begin let us remind ourselves of John’s message to continue strengthening the faith of our people that Jesus is God–man and is the sustainer of this creation.

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Audio from Press Conference, Thursday July 31st, chaired by Phillip Aspinall, Archbishop of Brisbane, with The Most Revd Gerald James (Ian) Ernest, The Rt Revd Colin Robert Johnson and the Revd Jackie Cray.

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A Biblical Reflection given by The Most Reverend Bernard Ntahoturi Archbishop of Burundi The Anglican Church of Burundi.

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This is why we need the Anglican Communion,” sighed Bishop Hilary Luate Adeba of the diocese of Yei, Sudan, after an hour-long discussion of the enormous challenges of rural mission during a Bishops’ Self Select Session on Wednesday.

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Much has been written about the immense faith of Martha and Mary, both of whom truly believed that her brother would not have passed away had our Lord been present with them, and of our Lord’s declaration to Martha that “I am the resurrection and the live; he who believes in my, though he die, yet shall he live, and whoever lives and believes in me shall never die.”

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Organisers of a recent conference in Woking, Creating a Safer Church, hope to establish an international network within the Anglican Communion to deal with issues around the abuse of power.

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Audio from Press Conference, Wednesday July 30th, chaired by Phillip Aspinall, Archbishop of Brisbane, with Archbishop David Moxon and Prof. Gerald West.

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Some in the Anglican Communion may have found themselves a little irritated by the amount of rhetoric that has issued from the Vatican in recent weeks on the divisions facing the church. The Anglican Representative of the Archbishop of Canterbury in the Holy See, the Very Revd David Richardson, says that instead, the concerns of the Roman Catholic Church should be taken as a very positive reminder that the unity of the church is God’s will.

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Mrs Chitra Kovoor talks to us about the very well attended sessions she’s been leading in the Spouses’ Conference on management skills.

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Western culture often exacerbates the difficulties Christians face in societies where they are in a minority, the Moderator of the Church of Pakistan said yesterday.

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Friends -- this is for me a profoundly moving moment.  You we have invited me, a Jew, to join your deliberations, and I thank you for that, and for all it implies.  There is a lot of history between our faiths, and for me to stand here, counting as I do the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Archbishop of York as beloved colleagues, is a signal of hope for our children and the world they will inherit.

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Audio from Press Conference, Tuesday July 29th, chaired by Phillip Aspinall, Archbishop of Brisbane, with Dr Jane Williams, Dr Jenny Te Paa and Dr Maria Akrofi.

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Audio from the two Press Conferences, Monday July 28th.

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The Good Shepherd lays down his life for his sheep but the hired servant, the mercenary runs for his life and abandons the sheep when he sees the wolf attacking the flock because the sheep do not belong to him. It is not always easy to be a good shepherd. It can be a strenuous, draining ministry and the only way we can be faithful shepherds is by sitting at the feet of Jesus, the Good Shepherd.

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The bishops of Sudan have called for continuing international pressure on the Government of Sudan and other armed groups to bring an end to violence in Darfur.

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We, the Sudanese Bishops gathering at the Lambeth Conference, would like, on behalf of the Episcopal Church of the Sudan (ECS) and the whole Sudanese people, to acknowledge and appreciate your prayers and support during the 21 years of war in Southern Sudan and in reaching the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) signed between the Government of Sudan and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement/ Army (SPLM/A) on 9th January 2005.

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What parent would not want to give their child an opportunity for a better life? As a migrant farm worker, 7-year-old Nagesh’s father could not afford to feed his family, so when a man offered Nagesh a part-time job in the tourist industry, the father quickly agreed...

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