Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui, the Hong Kong Anglican Church, has adopted the Anglican Communion Covenant.
The Rev. Peter Koon, the province’s general secretary, wrote to the Rev. Canon Kenneth Kearon, secretary general of the Anglican Communion, informing him of the decision by HKSKH’s sixth General Synod, which met June 2-5.
Hong Kong is the seventh province to adopt the Covenant, preceded by La Iglesia Anglicana de Mexico, the Church of the Province of Myanmar, the Church in the Province of the West Indies, the Church of the Province of South East Asia (with a preamble), the Anglican Church of Papua New Guinea, and La Iglesia Anglicana del Cono Sur de America.
The Church of Ireland has subscribed to the Covenant, and the Anglican Church of Southern Africa has adopted it subject to ratification at its next Provincial Synod. The Scottish Episcopal Church’s General Synod defeated a resolution to agree in principle to adopt the Covenant in June 2012.
Matthew Townsend is a Halifax-based freelance journalist and volunteer advocate for survivors of sexual misconduct in Anglican settings. He served as editor of the Anglican Journal from 2019 to 2021 and communications missioner for the Anglican Diocese of Quebec from 2019 to 2022. He and his wife recently entered catechism class in the Orthodox Church in America.
